17-Oct-2025
Public Citizen
A close examination of the dizzying chaos surrounding President Trump’s tariff threats and secretive “trade deals” shows a disturbing throughline: this is nothing but a shakedown on behalf of Big Tech.
16-Oct-2025
Tech Africa News
The new digital platform streamlines exporter registration and the issuance of Certificates of Origin — documents that are vital for traders seeking preferential access under COMESA, the East African Community (EAC), and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
16-Oct-2025
The New Times
The Afreximbank and the AfCFTA Secretariat have joined forces to roll out the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG), a digital trade platform aiming to help Rwandan businesses identify partners, access financing, complete cross-border payments, and expand into new markets.
3-Oct-2025
The Economic Times
Selling of products and services by US companies in India is likely to get easier with the two countries renegotiating a trade deal, with focus on facilitating digital trade.
29-Sep-2025
Citizen Digital
Kenya is positioning itself as a regional hub for digital trade and payments under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a role highlighted during the 2025 World Trade Organization (WTO) forum in Geneva.
29-Sep-2025
Public Citizen
The US has raised a dispute about the imposition of this tax under “nondiscrimination” provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, alleging that these taxes are targeted at US companies.
29-Sep-2025
The Straits Times
A new agreement between Singapore and the European Free Trade Association is set to boost cross-border data flows for key sectors such as financial services.
25-Sep-2025
The Counterbalance
The deal represents the latest entrenchment of a few giant US tech firms and their influence over the UK’s economic and political future. In addition, the deal risks weakening the UK’s ability to regulate the digital economy.
16-Sep-2025
Public Citizen
A new analysis maps the wide array of policies around the world on data privacy, AI accountability, digital taxes, and anti-monopoly laws that Big Tech industry lobbyists have urged US trade negotiators to target.
15-Sep-2025
Digital Trade Alliance
Provisions that restrict the regulation of cross-border data flows can limit the ability of States to implement domestic measures to protect the privacy and security of consumer data.
15-Sep-2025
Digital Trade Alliance
Consumer rights are at risk when FTAs limit the ability of countries, their regulatory and oversight agencies, or appropriate third parties to monitor the software being imported into their territories.
12-Sep-2025
Rethink Trade
Congress and federal agencies and US states have adopted the same sorts of data security and privacy policies that Big Tech lobbyists are pushing President Trump to attack as the “illegal trade barriers.”
12-Sep-2025
The American Prospect
Emails from the US trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
3-Sep-2025
The New York Times
The European Union is expected to penalize the company, which has been accused of breaching the Digital Services Act, a law President Trump has criticized.
