The Future of Digital Trade Policy and the Role of the U.S. and UK

Throughout the project, CSIS, Institute of Directors, and Chatham House will explore various elements of a digital trade template by producing short commentaries and analyses on key themes and topics which will shape this template.

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An Opportunity to Bridge the Pond's Digital Gap

As the policies of post-Brexit Britain have yet to be written, there is a great opportuniry for the United States and United Kingdom to further harmonize digital trade standards. 

Blog Post by William Alan Reinsch — May 4, 2018

The Global Battle for Digital Trade

Global powers are competing to shape the new economy and the future of digital trade. In recent years, three groups have emerged: liberalizers, regulators, and mercantilists.

Blog Post — April 13, 2018

A Data Localization Free-for-All?

Data localization, the mandate that data of a country’s citizens be stored within the borders of that country, is a thorny issue dividing policymakers across the globe, including in the United States and United Kingdom.

Blog Post by William Alan Reinsch — March 9, 2018

Building a U.S.-UK FinTech Sandbox?

The United States and United Kingdom have been at the forefront of the FinTech industry, spawning hundreds of companies that help consumers and companies borrow, raise capital, lend, get insured, and pay online.

Blog Post by Kati Suominen — March 7, 2018

Blockchain to Accelerate Transatlantic Trade

Among the many effects of Brexit is contemplating the staggering rise in the workload in UK customs run by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Blockchains might hold a solution.

Blog Post by Kati Suominen — February 23, 2018

Fueling the Ecommerce Boom in U.S.-UK Trade

Ecommerce is booming in the transatlantic market, growing some three times faster than overall trade. The United States and UK, along with China, are among the very largest ecommerce markets and also the most important cross-border ecommerce markets for each other: 70 percent of UK ecommerce shoppers use U.S. ecommerce sites, while 49 percent of Americans buy from UK sites. Behind these numbers are thousands of success stories: micro entrepreneurs and small businesses across America and the UK that have been discovered online by buyers across the Atlantic. With smart policies, the numbers of these transatlantic online exporters can grow into millions.

Blog Post by Kati Suominen — November 2, 2017

Where the Money Is: The Transatlantic Digital Market

These technological changes are also critically shaping transatlantic and therefore global trade and supply chains. In particular, a rapidly growing share of trade flows between the U.S. and Europe is digital – exchange of digitized products and digitally delivered services; data among people, businesses, and machines; and physical products that have been bought and sold digitally on ecommerce platforms. An especially important share of the total transatlantic online trade happens between the United States and UK.

Blog Post by Kati Suominen — October 12, 2017