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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