The EU as a Global Digital Actor: Institutionalising Global Data Protection, Trade, and Cybersecurity

The book explores how the EU has advanced global data flows and digital trade through European institutionalization, using case studies of EU-US, EU-Japan, and EU-China relations. It highlights the EU's leadership in data standards and its commitment to digital trade reforms.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This groundbreaking book is the first comprehensive exploration of the evolution of EU global data flows and digital trade within the framework of European institutionalization. Through in-depth case studies of EU-US, EU-Japan, and EU-China relations, it delves into the theoretical and empirical approaches driving this transformative process. It showcases the EU's pioneering leadership in establishing high standards for data flows and its unwavering commitment to implementing significant digital trade reforms, firmly anchored in those standards. This seminal work heralds a significant shift in our understanding of institutionalization and the EU's role in global governance, particularly in the domains of trade and data flows. It will be of immense interest to EU constitutional lawyers, as well as scholars and researchers in the fields of IT and data law.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509957088