Tashkent, Uzbekistan | April 18 - 19, 2022 | Digital Trade

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law and Development Program (CLDP) hosted digital trade meetings with government, private sector, and civil society as part of the U.S.-Central Asia Regional Digital Trade Working Group. Government participants included the Central Bank, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resource, State Customs Committee, and the Strategic Development Agency. The group was joined by experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), NextTrade Group LLC, Cyber Readiness Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and USAID’s Future Growth Initiative who shared presentations on a range of digital trade topics including e-commerce, digital tax, customs and logistics, cybersecurity, data protection, consumer protection, and cross-border e-payments. The participants discussed opportunities, challenges, and priorities for digital trade in Uzbekistan. The next in-person Regional Digital Trade Working Group Meeting will take place from September 5 – 8, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.  

Dushanbe, Tajikistan | April 25 - 26, 2022 | Digital Trade

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law and Development Program (CLDP) hosted digital trade meetings with government, private sector, and civil society as part of the U.S.-Central Asia Regional Digital Trade Working Group. Government participants included Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, Ministry of Labor, Agency for Standardization, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, State Investment Committee, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The group was joined by experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), NextTrade Group LLC, Cyber Readiness Institute, Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), and USAID’s Future Growth Initiative who shared presentations on a range of digital trade topics including e-commerce, digital tax, customs and logistics, cybersecurity, data protection, consumer protection, and cross-border e-payments. The participants discussed opportunities, challenges, and priorities for digital trade in Tajikistan. The next in-person Regional Digital Trade Working Group Meeting will take place from September 5 – 8, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.