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Governing cross-border data flows : reconciling EU data protection and international trade law /

This work considers the clash between international trade law and European data privacy law when it comes to the governance of cross-border flows of personal data. The book proposes detailed ways to resolve this tension, specifically through reforms of both international trade and Chapter V of the G...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yakovleva, Svetlana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford data protection and privacy law.
Subjects:
Data protection > Law and legislation > European Union countries.
Foreign trade regulation.
Commerce international > Réglementation.
International Trade.
Commercial.
LAW.
international trade law.
data protection.
protection of privacy.
EU law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Governing Cross-Border Data Flows
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Cross-​Border Data Flows: Between Trade and Data Privacy
  • 1.1 Setting the Scene: Background and Problem Definition
  • 1.1.1 International trade in data: What's at stake?
  • 1.1.2 EU data privacy framework
  • 1.1.3 EU's digital sovereignty concerns
  • 1.1.4 Tension between external trade policy and EU's domestic data privacy framework
  • 1.1.5 Restrictions on personal data flows: A barrier to digital trade?
  • 1.1.6 Clash between the EU Charter and the EU's WTO commitments
  • 1.1.7 Cross-​border data flows in the EU's digital trade agreements
  • 1.1.8 Internal critique of EU framework for transfers of personal data
  • 1.2 Research Questions and Methodology
  • 1.3 Outline of the Book
  • 2. Personal Data Transfers in International Trade and EU Law: A Tale of Two 'Necessities'
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The EU Regime for Transfers of Personal Data Outside the EEA
  • 2.2.1 Historical background
  • 2.2.2 The concept of transfer
  • 2.2.3 Legal regimes applicable to personal data transmissions
  • 2.2.4 Restrictions on transfers of personal data under Chapter V GDPR
  • 2.2.5 Other restrictions on transmissions of personal data under the GDPR
  • 2.3 Compatibility of the EU Regime for Data Transfer with International Trade Law
  • 2.3.1 Non-​discrimination commitments
  • 2.3.1.1 Most-​Favoured Nation Treatment
  • 2.3.1.2 National treatment
  • 2.3.2 Market access
  • 2.4 Two Necessities: A Catch-​22 for the EU
  • 2.4.1 Framing the issue
  • 2.4.2 Trade law necessity and EU Restrictions on data transfers
  • 2.4.2.1 Insufficient nexus between restrictions and the aim of high level of protection
  • 2.4.2.2 EU framework for transfers of personal data is not the least trade restrictive
  • 2.4.3 Necessity under EU law
  • 2.4.4 The incompatibility of two 'necessities'
  • 2.5 Ways Forward
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • 3. Privacy Protection(ism): The Latest Wave of Trade Challenges on Regulatory Autonomy
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The Expansion of the Notion of 'Protectionism'
  • 3.2.1 Defining protectionism: The key disagreement
  • 3.2.2 Protectionism and the classical free trade idea
  • 3.2.3 Protectionism and 'embedded liberalism' of GATT 1947
  • 3.2.4 The new protectionism and the neoliberal discourse: Towards an ever-​broader conceptualization of 'protectionism'
  • 3.2.4.1 The 'new protectionism'
  • 3.2.4.2 'Fair trade'
  • 3.2.4.2.1 The 'new protectionism' in 'fair trade' clothing
  • 3.2.4.2.2 'Fair trade' and the human rights movement
  • 3.2.4.3 Neoliberal discourse
  • 3.2.4.4 The impact of neoliberal discourse on the formation and functioning of the international trading system
  • 3.3 Digital Protectionism: The Latest Wave of Trade Constraints on Regulatory Autonomy
  • 3.3.1 The digital trade discourse(s)