The transatlantic digital economy continues to grow. The densest interlinkages bind the US and EU economies on a global scale (see Figure 6). As the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute underlines: ‘the transatlantic theatre is the fulcrum of global digital connectivity. North America and Europe generate approximately 75% of digital content for internet users worldwide’. Furthermore, the EU is the biggest export market for US digitally enabled services. A Congressional Research Service report confirms that the volume of cross-border data flows between the EU and the USA is the highest in the world
By European Parliamentary Research Service
/ June 10, 2021
Important links and actors in the digital world
Important links and actors in the digital world
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