Digital Policy

Trends and Challenges Facing the ICT Sector:

  • The digital transformation of the economy affecting areas from trade to tax to labor as well as emerging technologies such as AI, IoT and Blockchain
  • The efforts of some UN Security Council members to bring governance of the Internet, management of the domain names system and cybersecurity norms and regulations under the purview of the UN and other intergovernmental forums
  • Privacy regulations that prove overly burdensome to business operations or hamper innovation

USCIB’s Response:

Magnifying Your Voice with USCIB:

  • USCIB is the only U.S. business association formally affiliated with the world’s three largest business organizations where we work with business leaders across the globe to extend our reach to influence policymakers in key international markets to American business
  • Build consensus with like-minded industry peers and participate in off-the-record briefings with policymakers both home and abroad.

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Positions and Statements

Wanner Delivers Stakeholder Intervention at UN on New Cybercrime Convention  (8/23/2023) - This week, the United Nations convened a meeting to finalize a new draft UN Convention that would counter the use…
USCIB Joins Industry in Statement Supporting Digital Trade in Africa (8/2/2023) - USCIB joined 11 other industry associations to urge negotiators to develop comprehensive and in-depth pan-African digital trade commitments for the…

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News Stories

USCIB Meets with OECD to Share US Industry Accession Priorities  (2/21/2024) - USCIB organized a member briefing on February 14 with OECD officials to discuss the accession process and to share USCIB…
USCIB Adopts a Comprehensive Strategy to Renew the WTO E-Commerce Moratorium    (2/21/2024) - Ahead of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 13th Ministerial Council (MC13) next week, USCIB has been advocating extensively to extend…

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Press Releases

USCIB Joins Global Business Effort on EUCS Without Sovereignty Requirements (5/25/2023) - Washington DC, May 25, 2023—The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) has joined forces with businesses based in the…
USCIB Welcomes Adoption of OECD Principles on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Entities (12/14/2022) - Gran Canaria, Spain, December 14, 2022—Ministers of OECD countries responsible for digital economy policy today adopted a ground-breaking Declaration on…

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Op-Eds and Speeches

Hampl Gives Testimony on US-UK Trade Agreement (1/29/2019) - Following USCIB’s submission on January 16 to USTR regarding negotiating objectives for a U.S.-UK Trade Agreement, USCIB Senior Director for…
USCIB Op-Ed: Time for Some ‘Tough Love’ at the UN (5/2/2017) - USCIB President Peter Robinson, writing in The Hill, urges U.S. officials to help the United Nations focus its efforts and…

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Chair

JoAnn Stonier
Mastercard Fellow of Data and AI
Mastercard

Regional and Global Approaches to Digital Policy Task Force

Carolina Costa
Head of Government Relations, Latin America
RELX Group

Chris Wilson
Senior Manager, Public Policy
Amazon

UN Internet Governance Task Force

Flavia Alves
Head of International Institutions & Relations
Meta

Diogo Ide
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft

Staff

Barbara Wanner
Vice President, ICT Policy
202-617-3155 or bwanner@uscib.org

Nan Schechter
Program and Policy Associate, Digital Issues
202-682-7465 or nschechter@uscib.org

Staff Contact:   Barbara Wanner

VP, Digital Policy
Tel: 202.617.3155

Barbara Wanner directs USCIB’s work on information, communications and technology issues. She works with members and government officials on a wide range of international business issue that include advocating for the continuation of the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance and for policies aimed at promoting the stability, openness and innovative flexibility of the Internet. She represents USCIB members’ interests in several international forums, including the UN, APEC and the OECD.
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