ITIF-加拿大全球事务部关于加拿大-欧盟数字贸易协定的评论（英）

innovationpolicy.ca COMMENTS OF ITIF to Global Affairs Canada Ottawa, ON In the Matter of: A Possible Canada-European Union Digital Trade Agreement ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Public Comment August 25, 2025 innovationpolicy.ca 2 CONTENTS Comments of ITIF....................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction and Summary .......................................................................................................................... 2 Key Topics................................................................................................................................................... 4 Keep PIPEDA’s Framework for Cross-Border Movement of Data............................................................. 4 Protect Intellectual Property by Avoiding Backdoors in Source Code Disclosure ....................................... 5 Maintain a Flexible Approach for Developing and Using Artificial Intelligence ......................................... 5 Ensure an Outcome-Focused Antitrust Enforcement ................................................................................ 6 Promote Industry-Led Approaches to Interoperability .............................................................................. 6 Protect Consumers Without Overregulating ............................................................................................. 6 Promote Open Government Data Without Stringent Licensing Barriers ................................................... 7 Minimize Counterfeits Through Collaboration and Smarter Enforcement ................................................ 7 Promote Risk-Based Cybersecurity Cooperation ....................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY The Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness appreciates the opportunity to contribute to Global Affairs Canada’s consultation on a potential Canada-European Union Digital Trade Agreement (DTA).1 Canada should approach exploratory talks regarding a Canada–EU Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) with caution. Greater alignment with the EU may appear to provide a hedge against U.S. influence, but in practice it risks importing a framework that impedes the potential for Canada’s digital economy and industries while raising compliance costs without increasing competitiveness. A DTA must not become a vehicle for embedding the EU’s digital sovereignty agenda or precaution-first templates, which have already constrained Europe’s own digital economy. Canada should reflect upon the reality that if it wishes to import Europe’s digital economy rules it will also import the moribund condition of the European digital economy that those very rules have engendered. Moreover, Canada already possesses a stronger foundation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and potential accession