In Washington and on campaign trails, trade and technology are evil twins spreading worry and anxiety. Trade is in a state of war, big tech is ending our privacy, and AI overlords are stealing our jobs. Yet behind the cacophony of tweets on tariffs and techlashes is important policy progress on the most dynamic area of trade – digital trade. And on the ground floor of commerce, technologies such as ecommerce, next generation payments, blockchain, AI, additive manufacturing, a

The United States and the United Kingdom are the world’s leading exporters of digitally-delivered services, and much of their trade is with each other. The United States exports more services (such as business, professional, technical, insurance, financial, and telecommunications services) than any other place in the world, and over one half of U.S. services exports are estimated to be digitally delivered. The United Kingdom is the world’s second-largest services exporter and

Nextrade is extremely proud to announce the launch of Alliance for eTrade Development II between USAID and 10 companies (Cargill, DHL, UPS, Etsy, PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Ringier One Africa Media, Element Inc., and Latin American eCommerce Institute), to drive ecommerce development across the developing world. The Alliance is a sequel to Alliance I Nextrade CEO built and managed in 2017-19. The Alliance will work in 2019-22 across the developing world to modernize ecommerce