Big Data and Global Trade Law

Mira Burri is a senior lecturer at the University of Lucerne and the principal investigator of the research project 'The Governance of Big Data in Trade Agreements.' For more than a decade now, she has worked in the area of digital trade law, publishing a number of key studies and advising governments, the European Parliament and NGOs on the topic.

Big data and global trade law: An introduction Mira Burri; Part I. Global Trade Law and Policy in the Age of Big Data: 1. Data flows and global trade law Mira Burri; 2. Data flow-related provisions in preferential trade agreements: trends and patterns of diffusion Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz; 3. The costs of data protectionism Martina F. Ferracane; 4. WTO law and cross-border data flows: an unfinished agenda Andrew D. Mitchell and Neha Mishra; Part II. From E-commerce to Big Data and AI: Emerging Issues in Global Trade Law: 5. Artificial intelligence and trade Anupam Chander; 6. Blockchain's practical and legal implications for global trade and global trade law Emmanuelle Ganne; 7. TRIPS meets big data Daniel J. Gervais; 8. Big data, AI and border enforcement of intellectual property rights: impact on trade flows Xavier Seuba; Part IV. Safeguarding Privacy and Other Users' Rights in the Age of Big Data: 9. Futuring digital privacy: reimaging the law/tech interplay Urs Gasser; 10. The algorithmic learning deficit: artificial intelligence, data protection, and trade Svetlana Yakovleva and Joris van Hoboken; 11. Panta Rhei: a European perspective on ensuring a high-level of protection of human rights in a world in which everything flows Kristina Irion; Part IV. Global Perspectives on Digital Trade Governance: 12. Data regulation with Chinese characteristics Henry S. Gao; 13. Regulatory convergence of data rules in Latin America Rodrigo Polanco Lazo; 14. Uploading CPTPP and USMCA provisions to the WTO's digital trade negotiations poses challenges for national data regulation: example from Canada Patrick Leblond; 15. Data ownership and data access rights: meaningful tools for promoting the EU digital single market? Florent Thouvenin and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux; 16. Data is different, so policymakers should pay close attention to its governance Susan A. Aaronson.