[CTC] PSI Applauds US Decision to Stop Pushing Big Tech Trade Proposals
Arthur Stamoulis
arthur at citizenstrade.org
Mon Oct 30 03:54:15 PDT 2023
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ALL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DO THE SAMEPSI Applauds US Decision to Stop Pushing
Big Tech Trade Proposals
- OCT 27, 2023
After years of campaigning by unions and Civil Society, the Biden
Administration has withdrawn support for WTO trade proposals which would
have further entrenched the power of major tech firms in the global economy
and the public sector.
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Referring to talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on digital
trade/e-commerce, a US Trade Representative spokesman said:
*“Many countries, including the United States, are examining their
approaches to data and source code, and the impact of trade rules in these
areas. **In order to provide enough policy space for those debates to
unfold, the United States has removed its support for proposals that might
prejudice or hinder those domestic policy considerations**.”*
Currently over 90% of digital tools used in public services are from third
party providers. The WTO proposals would have further limited democratic
accountability and ownership over data and source code generated in the
public sector, to the benefit of the world's largest tech firms.
PSI General Secretary Daniel Bertossa said:
*“Other governments around the world must also take this opportunity to
step back from outdated proposals that favor U.S.-based Big Tech
corporations at the expense of workers, public services, democracy, and
human rights. These provisions were first proposed when the general public
was far less aware of the dangers of Big Tech corporations monopolizing our
technology, locking in deregulation, and controlling all of our data."*
Unions have been ahead of the curve in warning about corporate ownership of
worker data and the failures of algorithmic decision-making in determining
access to social benefits and other public services. Now leaders from both
the public and private sector are acknowledging that digtitalisation and AI
must be subject to proper democratic oversight - something these trade
proposals would have undermined. The rules would instead have helped
further entrench and extend the privatization of public services and
digital infrastructure leading to job losses and the erosion of workers’
rights.
DANIEL BERTOSSA GENERAL SECRETARY, PSI
"When the US, traditionally the biggest cheerleader for big tech firms is
saying these proposals aren't right, other governments really ought to
listen"
Bertossa said:
*"Digitalisation must serve the public interest. But this can not be
achieved through these outdated and unfit trade proposals, put forward by
the same tech firms who profit from outsourcing public sector digital
infrastructure, which would bar source code disclosure and maintain mass
data collection in the private sphere.*
*The US administration is right: governments must not trade away the policy
space needed to strengthen algorithmic accountability and build strong
public digital infrastructure and skills. The huge data sets generated in
the public sector must be governed democratically and used to improve
education, health, transportation, water and electricity distribution
rather than used to target adds, monitor citizens and sow disinformation."*
The US Trade Representative's announcement is a key victory for civil
society, including PSI, which has been advocating for years to keep these
provisions out of trade agreements. These proposals should now be dropped
not only from the WTO negotiations, but also from myriad bilateral and
regional agreements such as the EU-New Zealand FTA and the IPEF.
Next, governments must allow the moratorium on customs duties on electronic
transmissions to expire at the upcoming 13th WTO Ministerial. There is
abundant evidence that Amazon, Netflix, Apple, and Microsoft and other
major tech firms can afford normal trade taxes on electronic books, movies,
music, and software, when they profit on selling products around the world.
These taxes are essential revenue sources for developing countries to build
their digital infrastructures, not to mention for public services, climate
resilience, and other key needs. A tax holiday for the most profitable Big
Tech corporations does nothing for small businesses or workers.
PSI calls on affiliated unions and partners to reach out to their
government's WTO Trade Representatives and ensure that support for these
Big-tech trade proposals is abandoned completely.
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