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Lawmakers and industry warn of rising digital trade barriers and call for stronger IP enforcement abroad
Summary
Industry witnesses told the Trade Subcommittee that digital services taxes, data localization and asymmetric platform rules in multiple countries threaten U.S. digital firms and creative industries; they urged forceful trade remedies and multilateral engagement on IP and e-commerce rules.
Witnesses at the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing urged the U.S. to use trade remedies and multilateral engagement to push back against a growing array of digital trade barriers, including digital services taxes (DSTs), data localization mandates and asymmetric platform regulation.
Jonathan McHale, vice president at the Computer and Communications Industry Association, told the panel his group is tracking discriminatory digital measures in more than 50 countries. "Digital services taxes ... cost U.S. companies…
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