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

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

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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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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