OCT 16, 2016 | US
BSA | The Software Alliance Calls for Strong Digital Trade Provisions in TISA
WASHINGTON. — October 17, 2016 — BSA | The Software Alliance, together with other technology associations, urges the U.S. Trade Representative to ensure that the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) currently under negotiation contains strong digital trade provisions. In a joint letter, the associations call for the agreement to include provisions that guarantee free flows of data across borders and prohibit data localization requirements, at a level of protection at least equivalent to that established in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The letter also emphasizes the importance of extending the agreement’s benefits to new services.
The other signatories to the letter are ACT | The App Association, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Technology Association, Information Technology Industry Council, Internet Association, and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition.
TISA negotiations are taking place in Geneva among twenty-two countries, including the United States, as well as the European Union. The Administration seeks to complete the agreement this year. It would reduce tariffs and other regulatory barriers affecting trade in services, going beyond the provisions of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services.
BSA 소개
소프트웨어 연합(BSA | The Software Alliance, 이하 BSA)(www.bsa.org)은 각국 정부를 대상으로 세계 시장에서 전 세계 소프트웨어 업계를 대변하고 옹호하는 선도적 연합체입니다. 세계의 가장 혁신적 기업들이 회원사로 참여하며 경제에 활기를 불어 넣고 현대의 생활을 향상시키는 소프트웨어 솔루션을 만들어 내고 있습니다.
워싱턴 DC에 본부를 두고, 30개국이 넘는 국가들에서 운영되는 BSA는, 합법적 소프트웨어 사용을 증진시키고 기술 혁신을 촉진하며 디지털 경제의 성장을 추진하는 공공 정책을 지지하는 준법 프로그램들을 선도합니다.