Director, Policy

Joseph Whitlock serves as Director, Policy. Based in DC, Whitlock develops and implements strategies that advance BSA’s international trade policy goals and objectives. He also works on patent policy matters.

Posts by Joseph Whitlock

Congress has an important role to play in ensuring that the United States responds to foreign digital trade barriers and that the United States continues to lead a coalition of like-minded democracies on cross-border data policy. Read More >>

The trusted and responsible ability to manage and transfer data across borders can catalyze efforts to advance sustainability, a new Global Data Alliance paper shows. Read More >>

BSA and the Global Data Alliance laid out a series of key questions following USTR’s 2023 agenda to help the Administration bring greater focus to its digital trade goals. Read More >>

In the past three years, the Global Data Alliance (GDA) has assembled a broad coalition of companies to support high standards of digital responsibility, along with the policies that promote economic opportunity enabled by cross-border access to information and technology. The GDA and its members have been at the leading edge of shaping policies to … Read More >>

The Global Data Alliance led a multi-industry delegation in Brisbane during the first round of in-person negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) to make the case for a digital trade framework that supports jobs and economic opportunity by promoting pro-growth cross-border data policies that enable digital transformation in all sectors of the economy. Read More >>