Creating A New World Digital Trade Order Is No Mean Feat

The widely reported - and still ongoing - China-US trade war is still very potent as the 'tit for tat' nature sees almost weekly retaliations by each country to respective trade tariffs on goods and services.

Interestingly, our report on global protectionism has found that both are poles apart where levying protectionist measures that restrict overseas collaboration on digital and tech-related opportunities is concerned - with the US being, surprisingly, the most relaxed in terms of regulation surrounding digital outreach.

The Protectionism 2.0 report considers something different in the trade landscape - the threat of digital protectionism - that is, those measures that restrict the data flows crucial to businesses in this digital age - pose as much a threat to international trade as their cruder 'traditional' tools of trade protectionism. Indeed, the widespread onset of both traditional and digital forms of trade protectionism means international businesses are