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Civil society groups across a range of sectors sent a\u00a0letter to President Biden<\/u><\/a>\u00a0praising U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai for withdrawing U.S. support for Trump-era \u201cdigital trade\u201d proposals that would have undermined privacy, worker rights and AI accountability.<\/div>\n
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\u201cGood-paying jobs, civil rights and personal privacy are all at stake in the so-called \u2018digital trade\u2019 debate. \u00a0We deeply appreciate President Biden and Ambassador Tai standing firm in support of a worker-centered trade agenda that preserves space for needed public interest policies,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of Citizens Trade Campaign.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cAs policymakers start paying more and more attention to the oversized role Big Tech plays in our society, the industry is attempting\u00a0to use trade agreements as a backdoor means of restricting future consumer privacy, AI accountability and anti-monopoly policies\u00a0here in the U.S. and around the world,\u201d said\u00a0Ed Mierzwinski, senior director of U.S. PIRG.\u00a0\u201cConsumer advocates join the many voices\u00a0thanking Ambassador Tai for fending off Big Tech\u2019s \u2018digital trade\u2019 sneak attack on sound public interest policies.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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The letter\u2019s 41 organizational signers include: Accountable Tech, AI Now Institute, Citizens Trade Campaign, Communications Workers of America (CWA), Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Family Farm Coalition, National Organization for Women, Public Citizen, Rethink Trade, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Tech Oversight Project, Trade Justice Education Fund, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, U.S. PIRG and others.<\/div>\n
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The groups together commended USTR Tai for\u00a0\u201cleading the update of ‘digital trade’ rules to provide the policy space necessary for our nation to enact urgently needed policies on Big Tech competition, gig worker rights, online consumer privacy and data security protections, and AI accountability measures.\u201d<\/div>\n
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A PDF of the letter is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DigitalTradeThankYouLetter_020224.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Earlier, more than 50\u00a0<\/span>consumer and digital rights organizations in other countries\u00a0wrote to their governments<\/a>\u00a0expressing support for the Biden administration\u2019s decision and urging their governments to follow suit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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