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The World Digital Economy Federation (WDEF) announced the establishment of its Hainan Center as a regional hub designed to advance practical cooperation on digital economy priorities, with an initial focus on digital trade enablement, data governance dialogue, and capacity building for partners across Asia and beyond. Positioned in Hainan—an area…
The World Digital Economy Federation (WDEF) today announced its establishment as an independent, non-profit platform dedicated to supporting international dialogue and practical cooperation on the policies, standards, and partnerships that shape the digital economy. WDEF was created in response to a simple reality: digital transformation is accelerating across every sector,…
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published Policy Brief No. 120, “Preparing to seize artificial intelligence opportunities with strategic national policies,” drawing on its Technology and Innovation Report 2025. The brief’s message is that AI is reshaping competitiveness quickly—and that developing countries, in particular, cannot rely on ad-hoc pilots alone.…
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Bank have released “Green Data Centers: Towards a Sustainable Digital Transformation — A Practitioner’s Guide,” a policy-and-implementation oriented publication that tackles a straightforward challenge: data centers are now core national infrastructure, but their growth can translate into significant pressure on electricity systems,…
An OECD trade policy working paper has taken a systematic look at a growing—often overlooked—policy trend: the expanding number of domestic measures that affect cross-border access to and sharing of non-personal data (NPD). While debates on data transfers frequently focus on privacy and personal information, the OECD argues that NPD…
China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), through its Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute, has published the “Data Element Development Report (2025),” a research report that takes stock of how China’s data-factor agenda is evolving in practice. The report’s central framing is straightforward: data value is not…
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released the “2025 Report on China’s Development of Digital Trade” as a comprehensive review of how digital trade is evolving globally and in China, and how policy is being translated into concrete local practice. The report was officially introduced during the Global Digital Trade…
At the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) Service Trade Development Forum, the Development Research Center of the State Council’s Department of External Economic Research and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) released the “Digital Trade Development and Cooperation Report (2025).” The publication is…
Artificial intelligence assurance is beginning to look more “infrastructure-like” as accreditation frameworks catch up with fast-growing demand for AI audits. In a notable milestone for standards-based AI governance, BSI announced that it has become the first certification body accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)—and also accredited by the…
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States and Singapore signed the EFTA–Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) on 25 September 2025 in Bern. The deal is designed to strengthen digital connectivity and make it easier for businesses—especially SMEs—to trade and operate across borders using digital channels. Importantly, the DEA is intended…
China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published an official “Data Export Security Management Policy Q&A (October 2025)” to address common compliance questions businesses have raised when handling cross-border data transfers. Rather than introducing a new standalone regime, the Q&A helps organizations interpret and apply existing rules more consistently—especially around exemptions,…
China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) have released the Measures for the Certification of Outbound Transfer of Personal Information, creating a clearer “certification” pathway for certain cross-border personal information transfers. The Measures take effect on 1 January 2026. In practical terms, this…
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