Algorithms could give the world its first ‘born digital’ free trade agreement in Africa
With clauses expressed as algorithms, the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement would be easier to access, understand and apply, writes Craig Atkinson.
Craig Atkinson is a visiting research fellow with the World Trade Institute (WTI) and the Director of Lexmerca International Trade, a consulting firm working at the nexus of trade, innovation and sustainable development.
With clauses expressed as algorithms, the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement would be easier to access, understand and apply, writes Craig Atkinson.
With clauses expressed as algorithms, the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement would be easier to access, understand and apply, writes Craig Atkinson
In a recent article for LSE Business Review, I introduced the classification of “trade policy 3.0” and the emergent “internet of rules” (IoR): a networked repository of executable forms o...