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:

• ICT Policy Committee’s 2021 Goals and Objectives
• The 2021 virtual edition of the Joseph H. Alhadeff Digital Economy Conference Series – “A Decade of OECD Internet Principles: Policymaking in a Data-Driven World”.
• Works actively on ITU and Internet Governance issues through two newly created task forces that focus specifically on those topics
• Proactively shape the development of the OECD’s Going Digital Project and ensure consistencies with G20/B20 work on the digital economy
• Advocate a multi-stakeholder model to manage Internet-related issues and to enable business to play a leading role promoting policies aimed at ensuring the safety, security, stability and resilience of the online ecosystem
• Support approaches aimed at regulatory interoperability by meeting with USG officials to elevate the Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system and to raise support for the joint work of the APEC Data Privacy Subgroup and the European Commission on certification of international data transfers

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

USCIB Letter Urges Agreement on EU-US Personal Data Flows (7/28/2021) - USCIB submitted a letter to both the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and the European Commissioner for Justice…

Global Business Statement on Safeguarding International Data Flows (1/13/2021) - USCIB joined dozens of global associations in a letter to the EU expressing concern to ongoing developments in the European…

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News Stories

USCIB Letter Urges Agreement on EU-US Personal Data Flows (7/28/2021) - USCIB submitted a letter to both the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and the European Commissioner for Justice…

Digital Economy Conference Assesses a Decade of OECD’s Internet Policy Principles (6/9/2021) - USCIB, Business at OECD (BIAC), and the OECD held another successful Digital Economy conference on May 25, which focused on…

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Press Releases

Digital Economy Architects to Keynote at Joint OECD, Business at OECD and USCIB Conference (3/16/2021) - USCIB joined with the OECD and Business at OECD (BIAC) to organize a Digital Economy Conference focusing on "A Decade…

Addressing Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalization of the Economy: USCIB Submits Comments to OECD (12/16/2020) - Washington D.C., December 14, 2020 - The U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents many of America's leading global companies, provided comments to the…

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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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