Policy Position
Trade
The continued growth of the Internet as a global medium for innovation, trade, and commerce is made possible by laws that preserve the vitality of an open and consumer-oriented Internet environment. We support trade policies that promote the free flow of information across borders consistent with the global nature of the Internet. Strong intellectual property policies, limitations and immunities for online intermediaries, and the free flow of cross-border data facilitate a vast market for consumer goods and services at home and abroad.
Posts
Press Releases
- Statement On The Release Of Proposed Changes To U.S. Law In USMCA Implementation Legislation That Would Lower The U.S. Express Shipments Threshold
01.30.2019 | Trade - New Report Reveals Digital Trade Contributes More Than 1.4 Million Jobs And $440 Billion In Exports To American Economy
01.23.2019 | Trade - Internet Sector Calls For “A Measured And Deliberate Approach” To BIS Export Controls
01.10.2019 | Enterprise Cloud | Trade - Internet Industry Outlines Digital Trade Barriers In 50+ Countries To USTR
10.30.2018 | Trade - Internet Association Outlines Priorities For NAFTA Modernization
06.06.2017 | Content Moderation | Trade
Statements
- Statement On The USITC Report On USMCA
04.18.2019 | Trade - Statement On France’s Proposed Digital Services Tax
03.06.2019 | Trade - Statement on USTR’s Special 301 Review
02.08.2019 | Trade - Statement On The Announcement Of The Start Of Negotiations Around E-Commerce Rules At The WTO
01.25.2019 | Trade - Statement On The Signing Of The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
11.30.2018 | Trade
Videos
Resources
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- Securing America’s Digital Trade Leadership
04.25.2019 - USMCA: A New Standard For Digital Trade
03.22.2019 - American Digital Trade Leadership Under Threat Around The World
02.07.2019 - Data Flow Restrictions Harm The U.S. Economy
01.24.2019 - Optimizing Digital Trade
01.30.2017
Case Study
- The Internet & Global Trade
01.28.2015
Filing
- USITC Hearing On UK Trade Barriers Affecting U.S. SMEs
04.11.2019 - IA Comments To International Trade Administration On Indo-Pacific Region Issues
02.21.2019 - IA Comments To USTR On Negotiating Objectives For US-UK FTA (USTR-2018-0036)
02.21.2019 - IA 2019 Special 301 Review Comments
02.20.2019 - Internet Association Comments on Review of Controls for Certain Emerging Technologies (BIS 2018–0024)
01.09.2019 - IA Comments To USTR On Negotiating Objectives For US-EU FTA (Docket Number USTR-2018-0035)
12.10.2018 - IA Comments To USTR On Negotiating Objectives For US-Japan FTA (Docket Number USTR-2018-0034)
11.28.2018 - Internet Association Testimony Before USITC Investigation of USMCA Impact – Investigation No. TPA-105-003
11.16.2018 - Submission For USTR National Trade Estimate Report For 2019
10.30.2018 - Submission To Third Set Of China 301 Tariffs – USTR-2018-0026 – (with post hearing addendum)
08.23.2018 - IA Joined Other Trade Associations in Submitting Business Community Comments on the Proposed China 301 Tariffs
08.08.2018 - Submission To Second Set Of China 301 Tariffs USTR-2018-0018
07.24.2018 - Multi-Industry Association China 301 Hearings Letter Docket USTR-2018-0005
07.06.2018 - Internet Association testimony on Docket No. USTR-2018-0005 (Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts)
05.15.2018
Letter
- IA Letter On Taiwanese Ride Sharing Regulation
05.28.2019 - U.S. Tech Industry Letter About USMCA
04.29.2019 - Multi-Industry Coalition Calls for Tariff Elimination as Part of U.S.-China Negotiations
04.25.2019 - Multistakeholder Letter to Government of Japan on US-Japan Agreement
04.16.2019 - IA Letter to Administration on EU’s recent passage of the Copyright Directive
04.16.2019 - Letter to USTR on US-Japan Trade Negotiations
04.10.2019 - Multi Association Letter On China Tariff Increase Delay
03.05.2019 - Multi-Association Letter Urging Rapid Action on Ambitious WTO E-Commerce Framework
01.28.2019 - Multi Association Letter To 116th Congress on Trade War
01.09.2019 - Multi-Association Letter Asking White House To Solve China Trade War During G20 Meeting
11.28.2018 - Multi-Association Letter WCO Electronic Transmissions And WTO Moratorium
11.28.2018 - Multi Association Letter On Indonesia Customs On Digital Exports
11.26.2018 - IA_Multi-Association-Call-to-Enhance-APEC-EU- Interoperability_Oct2018_Trade
11.12.2018 - Multi-association Letter On USMCA Customs And De Minimis
11.12.2018 - Letter Calling on USTR To Include Digital Trade in Japan EU UK FTAs
11.12.2018 - Multi-Association Letter to USTR on Section 301 List 3 Tariffs Exclusion Process Request
10.22.2018 - Letter to Trump Administration about EU Copyright Directive
10.22.2018 - Multi Association NAFTA Copyright Letter
09.05.2018 - Statement on Recommended Outcomes for 2018 G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting
08.16.2018 - IA Outlines Priorities for WTO e-Commerce Agreement
07.17.2018 - Coalition Letter In Support of Bipartisan Bill To Require Congressional Approval For Sec. 232 Tariffs
07.06.2018 - Internet Advocacy Groups Section 230 NAFTA Letter
07.06.2018 - Multi Industry Association Letter – Ways and Means Tariff Hearing
07.06.2018 - Letter to Department of Commerce on Digital Attache Program
07.06.2018 - EU Negotiating Proposal on Cross-border Data Flows in Trade Agreements
06.06.2018 - Letter To USTR On NAFTA Priorities
04.27.2018 - Tech Industry Letter on NAFTA Copyright
08.31.2017 - Letter to Ambassador Lighthizer on Digital Trade
05.16.2017 - Joint Letter with CCIA on RAA-2
08.18.2016 - Open Letter Supporting IANA Transition
04.20.2016 - Internet Association Letter on Future of Internet Governance (Approps)
05.08.2014 - Internet Association Comments on Future of Internet Governance
04.02.2014 - The Internet Association Letter on Protecting Global Internet Freedom
10.23.2013
Public Comments
- 2018 Special 301 Review Comments
07.06.2018 - National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report Comments on Digital Trade Barriers 2017
10.26.2017 - Trade Agreements: Modernizing NAFTA for Today’s Economy
06.14.2017 - IA Special 301 Comments to USTR
02.13.2017 - National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report Comments on Digital Trade Barriers 2016
10.31.2016
Testimony
- ITC Melika Carroll Testimony
07.06.2018
Latest News
Washington, DC – IA Vice President, Federal Government Affairs Michael Bloom released the following statement on the introduction of the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (SHIELD Act) in the House of Representatives, which would criminalize the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII): “The internet industry urges the immediate passage the SHIELD Act… Read more