Commentaries by Jingwen Liu and Joshua Villanueva

Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers: Impacts on Privacy, Big Tech, Rule of Law, and US-China Relations

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Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers: Impacts on Privacy, Big Tech, Rule of Law, and US-China Relations

Jingwen Liu and Joshua Villanueva

January 25, 2024 01:07:51 pm

The exchange of information is a key driver of today’s digital economy. International trade cannot be performed without business owners’ ability to transfer data across national borders, and multinational enterprises’ (MNE) internal operation relies on the ability to move data among countries where they have business presence. Accordingly, data has come to the center of [...]

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