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International: ASEAN launches negotiations for digital economy framework agreement
On September 3, 2023, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced that the ASEAN Economic Ministers launched the negotiations on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) at the ASEAN Economic Community Council meeting.
According to the ASEAN, the DEFA negotiations would focus on nine core elements, including digital trade, cross-border e-commerce, cybersecurity, digital ID, digital payments, cross-border data flows, and emerging topics. According to the ASEAN, the first meeting of the ASEAN DEFA Negotiations Committee is scheduled to take place by the end of 2023, with subsequent meetings in 2024 and 2025, with the view to conclude the negotiations by 2025.
You can read the press release here.
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