Cross-Border Data Transfers Regulations in the Context of International Trade Law: A PRC Perspective

This book focuses on the PRC's cross-border data transfer legislation in recent years, as well as the implications for international trade law. The book addresses the convergence of industries and technologies notably caused by digitization; the issue of conflicts between goods and services; and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) as well as the difficulty of classifying service sectors under WTO members' commitments. The book also examines the FTAs that entered into force after 2012 that regulate digital trade beyond the venue of the WTO and analyzes their rules of relevance for cross-border data flows and international trade. It asks whether and how these FTAs have deliberately reacted to the increasing importance of data flows as well as to the trouble of governing them in the context of global governance

Covers the most comprehensive discussion of the relationship between laws of the PRC and international trade law States that the examination of status and the trend of PRC's domestic legislation is showing a paradox Covers a much wider range of topics and focuses more on the trade aspect rather than human right aspect

Autorentext

Yihan Dai is an associate research fellow of the East China University of Political Science and Law, with particular interests in data protection law and new technologies. She obtains a doctorate from the University of Macao. She holds a master's degree in International Business Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a B.A. in Economic Law from the East China University of Political Science and Law. She had half a year's stay at the University of Californian, San Diego as a visiting scholar, fully funded by China Scholarship Council.

Klappentext

This book focuses on the PRC s cross-border data transfer legislation in recent years, as well as the implications for international trade law. The book addresses the convergence of industries and technologies notably caused by digitization; the issue of conflicts between goods and services; and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) as well as the difficulty of classifying service sectors under WTO members commitments. The book also examines the FTAs that entered into force after 2012 that regulate digital trade beyond the venue of the WTO and analyzes their rules of relevance for cross-border data flows and international trade. It asks whether and how these FTAs have deliberately reacted to the increasing importance of data flows as well as to the trouble of governing them in the context of global governance

Inhalt
Introduction.- The PRC's Legislation on Cross-Border Transfer.- The Cross-border Data Transfer in the Context of International Trade the PRC Perspective.- The Regulation of Cross-border Data Flows in the Context of Free Trade Agreements.- Free Trade Agreements and Cross-border Data Transfers-The PRC Perspective.- Current Issues Related to Cross-border Data Transfers at the International Level.- Conclusion.