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Chinese data governance and trade policy: from cyber sovereignty to the quest for digital hegemony?

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  • Oscar Borgogno

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Michele Savini Zangrandi

    (Bank of Italy)

Abstract

The paper provides an up-to-date overview of the data governance framework developed by the People’s Republic of China. The work investigates whether and how the domestic legal framework on data governance has influenced Chinese trade policy with reference to cross-border data flows and e-commerce issues (at the WTO and G20 level). This study shows that Chinese data governance features a two-pronged legal architecture in which the Cyberspace Administration of China plays a prominent role. By prioritizing the need to maintain party-state domestic control across the digital economy, China has proved to be extremely averse to any international agreement that could undermine its domestic data governance framework.

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  • Oscar Borgogno & Michele Savini Zangrandi, 2023. "Chinese data governance and trade policy: from cyber sovereignty to the quest for digital hegemony?," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 759, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_759_23
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    Keywords

    data governance; digital infrastructure; China; data sovereignty; digital trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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