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The Age of Digital Interdependence is now” , the UN claims in its new report

  https://digitalcooperation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DigitalCooperation-report-for-web.pdf   Last Monday, the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation released a tech report urging multilateral governments, private sector stakeholders, and citizens to ...

G20 weekend, lofty ambitions but a shortfall of hope or reality

by Alex Nnamchi   Blog Post: G20 Ministers meet in Japan ahead of Osaka’s Leaders Summit Over the weekend, Ministers from the G20 countries met ...

Solving the Missing Puzzle in Data Governance

Solving the Missing Puzzle in Data Governance By Sarthak Luthra, 7 June 2019 'Isms' are self-contained hypothesis generators. For example, could we really understand what Data Protectionism is ...

New Zealand Digital Service Tax – Go or No?

by Edika Amin New Zealand is pushing on with efforts to ensure multinational companies pay their fair share of tax, with the release of proposed ...

WB Report Launched- The Digital Economy in Southeast Asia : Strengthening the Foundations for Future Growth

World Bank Launches new report on the digital economy in Southeast Asia Bangkok – June 6, 2019 – by Jeff Paine On the day where ...

The Huawei Ban

The Huawei Ban By Alex Nnamchi, 31 May 2019 After the UK and Japan became the latest countries to postpone the release of new Huawei ...

Malaysia’s Anti-Fake News Act (AFNA): Review & Analysis

Malaysia’s Anti-Fake News Act (AFNA): Review & Analysis By Edika Amin & Alex Nnamchi, 19 May 2019 During last month’s Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Annual Retreat, Malaysian ...
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Malaysia and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – A Case of Cold Feet?

Malaysia and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) A Case of Cold Feet? By Edika Amin, 26 April 2019 Malaysia is yet ...
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What You May Want to Know About Malaysia’s New Digital Service Tax

What You May Want to Know About Malaysia’s New Digital Service Tax April 12, 2019     By Edika Amin On 8 April 2019, the ...
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Breathing life into Malaysia’s Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ)

The Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) is an initiative by the Malaysian Government focused on developing an ecosystem and catalyst to the booming internet economy ...
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Trumps Next target in Trade Wars – India

Since the beginning of this last decade or so, the trajectory of the Indian economy seems to have risen multi-fold. For a big trading power ...