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The EU's regional trade agreements: How the EU addresses challenges related to digital transformation

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  • Slok-Wodkowska Magdalena

    (Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.)

  • Mazur Joanna

    (Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to provide insight into the regulatory solutions that refer to the electronic commerce (e-commerce) adopted in the regional trade agreements (RTAs) of the European Union. Our goal is to compare these regulatory measures with the obstacles indicated in the literature as key issues hampering international digital trade. We provide a formal-dogmatic analysis of all of the newly adopted RTAs. The findings resulting from this analysis indicate that even though the regulatory dimension of global economic trade attempts to somehow address the issues resulting from the specific characteristics of the digital economy, the process is still in its infancy. The majority of provisions do not consider the key problems that impede international digital trade. The originality of our work results from its focus on the most recent RTAs, the analysis of which is hardly present in the scholarship.

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  • Slok-Wodkowska Magdalena & Mazur Joanna, 2021. "The EU's regional trade agreements: How the EU addresses challenges related to digital transformation," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, vol. 57(2), pages 105-120, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ijomae:v:57:y:2021:i:2:p:105-120:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2021-0009
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    Keywords

    digital trade; electronic commerce; European Union; regional trade agreements;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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