Accelerating the Global e-Commerce Revolution; Extraordinary Potential for Expanding Global Trade

Please join us for a public discussion on digital trade and development issues on the occasion of the release of the CSIS Europe Program’s working paper, “Aid for e-Trade: Accelerating the Global e-Commerce Revolution.” Particularly important for enhancing transatlantic economic potential, cross-border online trade as individuals and businesses of all sizes engage in trade by selling goods and services online is becoming a much noticed trade factor as a recent International Trade Commission study notes. Lowering the costs for companies to trade across borders, e-commerce holds extraordinary potential for expanding global trade, promoting small business exports and entrepreneurship worldwide, and boosting export diversification and international development. Yet much of the world and many businesses are still not connected to the web, and those that are have struggled to translate their connectedness into exports and economic gains. How can these challenges be overcome and how can developing nations’ transition to the digital era and e-commerce be accelerated in a coherent framework? The working paper, “Aid for e-Trade,” suggests such a framework, and our panelists will discuss the great opportunities that digital trade holds for development - both in emerging markets and the mature economies of Europe and the United States. Featuring Dr. Kati Suominen Adjunct Fellow, Europe Program, CSIS and Dr. Joshua Meltzer Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution and Mr. Fabrizio Opertti Chief, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank and Ms. Jennifer Sanford Senior Manager, International Trade & Energy Policy, Cisco Systems Moderated by Ms. Heather A. Conley Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, and Director of the Europe Program, CSIS 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Monday, November 17th, 2014 CSIS 1st Floor Conference Room 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Obama expected to send National Guard to Liberia to fight Ebola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-UsIdBa_U Watch Coast Guard rescues 2 from grounded sailboat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoqCTLR20no USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Relieves USS George H W Bush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCCD-iPv6II Obama says Ebola travel ban could make things worse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seUsUlgTK-k The United States, Iraq, and the War on Terror ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNc7lZXqFE The Seven Revolutions;Consider how a global population of 9billion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghXiP6gxW4 ISIS On The March in Iraq Explained; Pose serious challenging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65OhQEEedAM Thousands gather to watch Blue Angels during Fleet Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9S3IfGUk34 Rand Paul slams James Clapper over NSA 'lying' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt4wjL1IvSY Rand Paul Slams NSA: "What You Do On Your Cell Phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGlVNK4PF7g Senator Rand Paul NSA Still Collecting Records on Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ye2AMLK1As Ebola Outbreak World Bank warns of $30 Billion Economic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrtEM7fChRQ Ebola Will Double Month to Month if Not Stopped Now Prof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iPHld3w7M More Great Videos to watch 1,400 troops to deploy to Liberia to fight Ebola;The Pentagon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebiuN4q3eBg Secret Service director promises full security review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSVou2Gg9QM Director Julia Pierson Secret Service is short 'close to 550' employees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCwEnbUfYIs Secret Service director resigns amid recent Security breaches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9u5mXpoM64 Eric Holder Grilled on Lethal force within the territory of the United States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcHX1jC5PI I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)