A New Recipe for Trusted Global Data Flows?

How does the new US-led Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum fit in the “noodle bowl” of international digital trade governance? Is it just one more noodle in an already thick regulatory soup, or a clear recipe to make moving data across borders simpler and cheaper for businesses whose operations depend on it? Patrick Leblond says that to make sense of the Forum, it is necessary to see its creation in the context of the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Propaganda campaigns depend on a controlled information environment and an ability to tap into national mythology. President Vladimir Putin’s regime has engineered both instruments, and for now its propaganda machine remains strong. Nonetheless, as Wesley Wark writes in this op-ed also published in the National Post, Putin’s propaganda must compete with facts on the ground and will face another sort of challenge from the numerous war crimes investigations under way.

Tucked in the middle of the Government of Canada’s 500-page omnibus budget bill of April are the first material amendments to its Competition Act since 2009. In his look at the proposed changes, Keldon Bester writes that they are meaningful improvements; however, if the government follows through on its plan to conduct a “more substantive” review to create a Competition Act that can truly protect Canadians, it will need to reform the area most valuable to Bay Street: mergers and acquisitions.

May 26 – 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): As digital technologies reshape markets in many profound ways, why does competition matter? How are Canada’s Competition Bureau and the Competition Act critical to the country’s economic recovery?

As Canada looks ahead to modernizing its Competition Act, join CIGI for a series of conversations about these and other questions.

In this first session, taking place this Thursday, May 26, Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell will open the hour; a moderated panel discussion will follow.

Find out more and register for this free event here.

Jun. 1 – 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): Join this second event in the Competition Policy Series to learn about the experiences of other jurisdictions as Canada looks ahead to a consultation on the modernization of the Competition Act. Moderator Taylor Owen and a panel of international experts will discuss recent policy developments in the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, as competition authorities move into the regulation of digital markets.

This one-hour virtual event is free and open to all. Find out more and register here.