Big Data and Global Trade Law

An exploration of the current state of global trade law in the era of Big Data and AI. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Mira Burri (Edited by)

9781108843591, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 July 2021

350 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg

'One of the critical challenges of our time is the governance of Big Data in a world of cross-border data flows, data walls, and data breaches. This book brings together leaders in the field from around the world to address how trade law might be reimagined in this brave new world.' Gregory Shaffer, Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Irvine School of Law

This collection explores the relevance of global trade law for data, big data and cross-border data flows. Contributing authors from different disciplines including law, economics and political science analyze developments at the World Trade Organization and in preferential trade venues by asking what future-oriented models for data governance are available and viable in the area of trade law and policy. The collection paints the broad picture of the interaction between digital technologies and trade regulation as well as provides in-depth analyses of critical to the data-driven economy issues, such as privacy and AI, and different countries' perspectives. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Big data and global trade law: An introduction Mira Burri
Part I. Global Trade Law and Policy in the Age of Big Data: 1. Data flows and global trade law Mira Burri
2. Data flow-related provisions in preferential trade agreements: trends and patterns of diffusion Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz
3. The costs of data protectionism Martina F. Ferracane
4. WTO law and cross-border data flows: an unfinished agenda Andrew D. Mitchell and Neha Mishra
Part II. From E-commerce to Big Data and AI: Emerging Issues in Global Trade Law: 5. Artificial intelligence and trade Anupam Chander
6. Blockchain's practical and legal implications for global trade and global trade law Emmanuelle Ganne
7. TRIPS meets big data Daniel J. Gervais
8. Big data, AI and border enforcement of intellectual property rights: impact on trade flows Xavier Seuba
Part IV. Safeguarding Privacy and Other Users' Rights in the Age of Big Data: 9. Futuring digital privacy: reimaging the law/tech interplay Urs Gasser
10. The algorithmic learning deficit: artificial intelligence, data protection, and trade Svetlana Yakovleva and Joris van Hoboken
11. Panta Rhei: a European perspective on ensuring a high-level of protection of human rights in a world in which everything flows Kristina Irion
Part IV. Global Perspectives on Digital Trade Governance: 12. Data regulation with Chinese characteristics Henry S. Gao
13. Regulatory convergence of data rules in Latin America Rodrigo Polanco Lazo
14. Uploading CPTPP and USMCA provisions to the WTO's digital trade negotiations poses challenges for national data regulation: example from Canada Patrick Leblond
15. Data ownership and data access rights: meaningful tools for promoting the EU digital single market? Florent Thouvenin and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux
16. Data is different, so policymakers should pay close attention to its governance Susan A. Aaronson.

Subject Areas: IT & Communications law [LNQ], International economic & trade law [LBBM], International trade [KCLT], International economics [KCL]