How technology geeks help Singapore seal trade agreements

Trade negotiations are usually done face to face, but Covid-19 meant all meetings had to be done virtually. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - How do negotiators strike a trade deal using complex issues such as interoperable digital identity, data localisation and cross-border data flows as bargaining chips?

If the negotiators are from Singapore, the answer is: without great difficulty, since there is a good chance some of them are technology geeks.

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