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Services & digital trade

Public submissions on the future of digital trade rules

The Australian Government is taking a leadership role on digital trade rules through negotiating ambitious rules in our free trade agreements (FTAs) and in the World Trade Organization (WTO) where Australia jointly co-convenes, with Singapore and Japan, the Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce. To ensure our engagement continues to support Australian businesses, including MSMEs, and consumers to take advantage of the opportunities presented by digital trade, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade wants to hear from you – business, NGOs, civil society, academia and individuals – on your experience of the digital economy. This will help us assess current digital trade rules and possible future enhancements.

Please send submissions to digitaltrade@dfat.gov.au

Contact us

Email: digitaltrade@dfat.gov.au

Mail:

Digital Trade Enquiries
Free Trade Agreement and Stakeholder Engagement Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
R.G. Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221

For media enquiries, please contact DFAT's media team: media@dfat.gov.au (02) 6261 1555.

Submissions and confidentiality

All submissions will be treated as public and may be published on this website, unless the author specifically requests that the submission, or part thereof, be handled in confidence. Unless otherwise requested, DFAT will publish the submission and the name of the submitting organisation or individual on its website. DFAT will not edit submissions prior to publishing. All details that have been included in a submission, including contact information, will be available on the DFAT website.

Submitters may request that all, or part, of a submission be treated as in-confidence. Material supplied in‑confidence should be clearly marked 'IN CONFIDENCE' and be provided in a separate attachment to non‑confidential material.

By making a submission, the author(s) agree to their submission, or part thereof, being used by the Commonwealth of Australia for Commonwealth purposes.

Copyright and content

Copyright in submissions resides with the author(s), not with the Commonwealth of Australia.

The views expressed in these submissions are the views of the author(s) and should not be understood as reflecting the views of the Commonwealth of Australia, or those of the Australian Government.

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