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Digital trade and data

Inquiry

Background

The Committee has launched an inquiry into digital trade and data. Digital trade refers to digitally enabled, or digitally delivered, trade in goods and services. Such trade involves the movement of data.

 

The Committee’s inquiry will explore a range of issues, including:

• Digital trade and data provisions in Free Trade Agreements

• Concerns around the security and privacy of data

• The environmental impact of digital trade

• Relevant legal frameworks

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Past events

Wednesday 21 April 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Digital trade and data - Oral evidence 21 April 2021
2:30pm
  • Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP (Minister of State for Media and Data at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
  • Rt Hon Greg Hands MP (Minister of State for Trade Policy at Department for International Trade)
  • Graham Floater (Director of Trade Policy at Department for International Trade)
  • Nick Russell (Deputy Director of the Digital Trade Team at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Virtual meeting
Wednesday 10 March 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Digital trade and data - Oral evidence 10 March 2021
2:30pm
  • Professor David Collins (Professor of International Economic Law at City at University of London)
  • Professor Christopher Kuner (Professor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and Co-Director at Brussels Privacy Hub)
  • Dr Kristina Irion (Assistant Professor, Institute for Information Law (IViR) at University of Amsterdam)
3:30pm
  • Sue Davies MBE (Head of Consumer Protection and Food Policy at Which?)
  • Sabina Ciofu (Head of EU and Trade Policy at techUK)
  • Jim Killock (Executive Director at Open Rights Group)
Virtual meeting
Wednesday 27 January 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Digital trade and data - Oral evidence 27 January 2021
2:30pm
  • Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (Director at European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE))
  • Professor Elaine Fahey (Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations at City Law School, City, University of London)
  • Javier Ruiz Diaz
  • Dr Emily Jones (Associate Professor in Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
3:30pm
  • Diana Avila (Global Head of Banking and Expansion at TransferWise)
  • David Holman (Director at Armour Communications)
  • Nick Ashton-Hart (Special Adviser, International Internet Policy at ICC United Kingdom)
Virtual meeting