Cross-Border Data Flows Create New Digital Opportunities For Small Businesses

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Cross-border data access, usage, and exchange are essential to economic growth in the digital age. The world is experiencing unprecedented increases in connectivity and global data flows.

This is underpinning the so-called fourth industrial revolution, which is characterized by end-to-end digitization of all assets and integration into a digital ecosystem.

According to Brookings, at its core, the digitization of economies and international trade should improve efficiency and increase productivity.

Learn more about how the internet and global data flows are a particular opportunity for small businesses to participate in international trade.

Download the report: Global Economy and Development at Brookings | Regulating for a Digital Economy; Understanding the Importance of Cross-Border Data Flows in Asia by Joshua P. Meltzer and Peter Lovelock

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