- Freitag, 21. September 2012 12.00 – 13.30 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Can Trade Agreements Facilitate the Free Flow of Information? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a Case Study
Can Trade Agreements Facilitate the Free Flow of Information? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a Case Study
Friday, September 21, 2012, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
ESIA, 1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Commons, 6th floor
In cooperation with
The Institute for International Economic Policy,
The Computer Communications Industry Association,
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Featuring:
Jonathan McHale
(Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative)
Jayme White
(Staff Director, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate)
Usman Ahmed
(Policy Counsel, eBay, Inc.)
Rashni Rangnath
(Director, Global Knowledge Initiative at Public Knowledge)
President Obama has described the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as the first 21st century trade agreement. These negotiations are particularly important to advocates of an open Internet. The U.S. wants its TPP negotiating partners to accept language designed to protect intellectual property online, to encourage regulatory transparency for Internet governance, and to ensure open access to digital goods, applications, consumers, devices, networks, and information. Other governments have a different vision. Currently, although several non-profit US bodies oversee technical specifications and the domain name system, international multi-stakeholder groups collaborate to maintain the free flow of information on the web. However, Russia, China and several other nations want to use “the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the International Telecommunication Union,” a U.N. agency, to regulate the Internet. They believe the current system is too ad hoc, U.S.-centric, and does not allow national policymakers to restrict the free flow of information when such officials deem it appropriate. This discussion will examine what the US is proposing. Representatives from the private sector, the Internet advocacy community, and the Senate Finance Committee will present their views on the implications of these provisions for the future of the Internet.
This is a Brown Bag Lunch event
Please RSVP here.
Friday, September 21, 2012, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
ESIA, 1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Commons, 6th floor
In cooperation with
The Institute for International Economic Policy,
The Computer Communications Industry Association,
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Featuring:
Jonathan McHale
(Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative)
Jayme White
(Staff Director, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate)
Usman Ahmed
(Policy Counsel, eBay, Inc.)
Rashni Rangnath
(Director, Global Knowledge Initiative at Public Knowledge)
President Obama has described the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as the first 21st century trade agreement. These negotiations are particularly important to advocates of an open Internet. The U.S. wants its TPP negotiating partners to accept language designed to protect intellectual property online, to encourage regulatory transparency for Internet governance, and to ensure open access to digital goods, applications, consumers, devices, networks, and information. Other governments have a different vision. Currently, although several non-profit US bodies oversee technical specifications and the domain name system, international multi-stakeholder groups collaborate to maintain the free flow of information on the web. However, Russia, China and several other nations want to use “the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the International Telecommunication Union,” a U.N. agency, to regulate the Internet. They believe the current system is too ad hoc, U.S.-centric, and does not allow national policymakers to restrict the free flow of information when such officials deem it appropriate. This discussion will examine what the US is proposing. Representatives from the private sector, the Internet advocacy community, and the Senate Finance Committee will present their views on the implications of these provisions for the future of the Internet.
This is a Brown Bag Lunch event
Please RSVP here.