Joseph Whitlock

Director, Policy

Posts by Joseph Whitlock

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 >>

The Global Data Alliance has issued its Cross-Border Data Policy Principles. These Principles are intended to inform international negotiations regarding the movement of data in international commerce. Read More >>

Today, 78 industry associations active across six continents issued a Multi-Industry Statement on Cross-Border Data Transfers and Data Localization Disciplines in the WTO Negotiations on E-Commerce. Read More >>