Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174853 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
ECIPE Working Paper No. 01/2017
Publisher: 
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), Brussels
Abstract: 
Strict privacy regimes, requests to use local data centres and outright bans to transfer data abroad are a few examples of policies imposed recently that restrict data from crossing national or regional borders. This paper is the first one to propose a comprehensive taxonomy of these restrictions, which has a bearing on international trade law.Restrictions on cross-border data flows may affect countries' legal commitments under various trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This taxonomy can be the basis of further legal and economic research to assess the legitimacy and necessity of these under international trade law.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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