๐ Tender Overview
Project No.
CTI_101_2025T
Project Title
In-depth Study on Digital Trade Provisions of FTAs/RTAs
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
TILF Special Account
Sub-fund
None
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
161,028
Co-funding Amount
0
Total Project Value
161,028
Sponsoring Forum
Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI)
Topics
Electronic Commerce; Digital Economy; Trade Facilitation
Committee
Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Japan
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Australia; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Korea; New Zealand; Peru; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand
Expected Start Date
01/09/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Keiko Futami
Job Title 1
Deputy Director
Organization 1
APEC Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Telephone 1
+81-3 55018342
Email 1
keiko.futami@mofa.go.jp
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Keiko Futami
Project Summary
The project aims to contribute to the advancement of FTAAP agenda, focusing on digital trade, with the meaningful input to the implementation of the Ichma Statement .
With the significant prospect for future growth of digital trade in the region, issues such as enhancing trust and security in the use of ICTs and the facilitation of cross- border data flow need to be further emphasized as set in AIDER (Internet and Digital Economy Roadmap).
This project will conduct in-depth study and analysis on the legal settings, implementations and business practices regarding digital trade provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA) and the Pacific Alliance (PA)(the FTA/RTAs dealt with in the PSU study), as
well as other regional undertakings, including the Digital Economy Partnership
Agreement (DEPA) and U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement. The project will identify benefits for business entities as well as hindrances caused by existing disparities among member economies, that affect the cost in the global digital business.
The findings of the study including best practices will be shared with APEC economies including private sector. It will help participants better equipped for negotiations for high quality trade agreements, which will contribute to the advancement of FTAAP agenda.
This project may make a good alignment to the Australian project on APEC Digital Trade Provision Handbook (CTI 01 2025S). The handbook deals with a wide range of provisions on Digital
