Hi All I was reading today the curated reports from the WTO by Diplo on the issue of AI Cut and paste *Mr Felipe Sandoval* (Senior Advisor, Trade Law and Negotiations, ICTSD) approached the topic from his experience as a trade negotiator and trade lawyer. He argued that trade negotiators do not approach the issue from the technological perspective, as they are not technological experts. The key concern of trade negotiators relates to questions of data. There are concerns about the protection of private data, and how to balance it with the free flow of data. Sandoval argued that these principles are not necessarily in contradiction, but it is important and possible to find a balance between them. *He stressed that regional and national policymakers need to act, but existing treaties give an uneven picture, at times even a contradictory one, when it comes to the appropriate treatment of private data. Sandoval pointed out examples, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), China, and the EU who all take substantially different approaches. *This causes issues for the relations between these and other countries that are part of different treaties. There needs to be a dedicated process to look at privacy, consumer protection, and the value of free flow of data. Stronger frameworks on the issue of consumer data need to be integrated in trade agreements. source https://dig.watch/resources/privacy-and-consumer-protection-age-artificial-i... Not exactly sure on how the USMCA agreement is different G Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat mcknight.glenn@gmail.com http://toronto.ieee.ca/ IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair glenn.mcknight@ieee.org skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight 289-830 6259 . On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:32 AM Chris Mondini <chris.mondini@icann.org> wrote:

Hi All, We checked on this and learned that it is fairly standard language that is present in multiple trade agreements that the US has signed up for over the years. Thanks for flagging! C

*From: *NA-Discuss <na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com> *Date: *Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 7:22 AM *To: *NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> *Subject: *[NA-Discuss] New Agreement US and Canada replacing NAFTA regarding Domain Names

Hi Thanks to Javier for pointing out the issue of the new USMCA agreement as to Domain names and CCtld's and Intellectual Property. Here is the appropriate sections of the longer document

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