The term digital trade is very wide in its scope of application. It covers everything from the sale of consumer products on the internet. to supply of online services and global value chains amongst a plethora of applications and platforms. Digital trade has often been met with a broad range of challenges: therefore, this article seeks to succinctly outline the following challenges in taxation and data centres, firewalls and data localization due to the core of infrastructure they provide to facilitate digital cross-boarder trade.
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