Nigel Cory
@nigelcory.bsky.social
🇦🇺🦘Director, Digital, Tech, & Trade Policy, Crowell Global Advisors. Non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. Fmr ITIF and DFAT. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelcory
Interesting new report: "ASEAN DEFA: Promoting Interoperable Payments in Southeast Asia through the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement." Payments play a critical role in the digital economy, yet cross-border payments remains costly and complicated. www.nextradegroupllc.com/interoperabl...
July 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Interesting new report: "ASEAN DEFA: Promoting Interoperable Payments in Southeast Asia through the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement." Payments play a critical role in the digital economy, yet cross-border payments remains costly and complicated. www.nextradegroupllc.com/interoperabl...
AI & productivity. Interesting study carries out the first analysis of how the quality and type of human capital within firms influences the probability of adoption, using novel and uniquely comprehensive official data sources from France. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM
AI & productivity. Interesting study carries out the first analysis of how the quality and type of human capital within firms influences the probability of adoption, using novel and uniquely comprehensive official data sources from France. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
AI and India’s National Interest. By Hosuk Lee-Makiyama et al at the European Center for International Political Economy (ECIPE). ecipe.org/publications...
December 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
AI and India’s National Interest. By Hosuk Lee-Makiyama et al at the European Center for International Political Economy (ECIPE). ecipe.org/publications...
Carnegie Endowment launches new Africa Technology Policy Tracker (AfTech). The first continent-wide aggregate of digital economy laws, policies, & regs on digital infra, platforms, skills, & innovation. Developed with the African Telecommunications Union. carnegieendowment.org/features/afr...
December 27, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Carnegie Endowment launches new Africa Technology Policy Tracker (AfTech). The first continent-wide aggregate of digital economy laws, policies, & regs on digital infra, platforms, skills, & innovation. Developed with the African Telecommunications Union. carnegieendowment.org/features/afr...
Useful stats/graphs - Large companies perform 89% of US AI R&D; 44-45% of firms with over 10k employees used AI. From: Artificial Intelligence in the Business Sector: R&D, Use, and Impact on Employees, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (2021 data). ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf2531...
December 24, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Useful stats/graphs - Large companies perform 89% of US AI R&D; 44-45% of firms with over 10k employees used AI. From: Artificial Intelligence in the Business Sector: R&D, Use, and Impact on Employees, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (2021 data). ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf2531...
"How Experts in China and the United Kingdom View AI Risks and Collaboration." From my former colleagues Daniel and Yanzi @datainnovation.org/@itif.org. datainnovation.org/2024/08/how-...
December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
"How Experts in China and the United Kingdom View AI Risks and Collaboration." From my former colleagues Daniel and Yanzi @datainnovation.org/@itif.org. datainnovation.org/2024/08/how-...
Next steps in US economic statecraft - Trump names Jacob Helberg as undersecretary of State for economic growth, energy & the environ. Currently works for Palantir & is a member of the US-China Econ & Security Review Commission. Formerly worked for Google & Geoquant. www.uscc.gov/commission-m...
December 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Next steps in US economic statecraft - Trump names Jacob Helberg as undersecretary of State for economic growth, energy & the environ. Currently works for Palantir & is a member of the US-China Econ & Security Review Commission. Formerly worked for Google & Geoquant. www.uscc.gov/commission-m...
@unctad.bsky.social: Developing economies surpass $1 trillion mark in digitally deliverable services exports. unctad.org/news/develop...
December 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
@unctad.bsky.social: Developing economies surpass $1 trillion mark in digitally deliverable services exports. unctad.org/news/develop...
Adoption of digital technologies gets less attention than creating it. With each wave of new tech, countries want their own search/cloud/AI etc. firm. Yet adoption drives productivity. OECD bit.ly/40ZekPv & consultancy report shows gap with uptake of existing, never mind new, tech: bit.ly/4i7QLtL
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Adoption of digital technologies gets less attention than creating it. With each wave of new tech, countries want their own search/cloud/AI etc. firm. Yet adoption drives productivity. OECD bit.ly/40ZekPv & consultancy report shows gap with uptake of existing, never mind new, tech: bit.ly/4i7QLtL
Latest on trade policy under Trump 2.0: Trump Cabinet rollout sparks confusion over USTR’s role (i.e. Commerce subsumes USTR) [$ Insidetrade] bit.ly/3ZkpUn8 & ‘What’s left for Bob?’ Lutnick pick raises questions about Lighthizer’s future influence [$ PoliticoPro] bit.ly/3YWYLFm
November 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Latest on trade policy under Trump 2.0: Trump Cabinet rollout sparks confusion over USTR’s role (i.e. Commerce subsumes USTR) [$ Insidetrade] bit.ly/3ZkpUn8 & ‘What’s left for Bob?’ Lutnick pick raises questions about Lighthizer’s future influence [$ PoliticoPro] bit.ly/3YWYLFm
China's President Xi announces a "Global Cross-Border Data Flow Cooperation" initiative in APEC remarks. China is not a member or fan of APEC CBPR & Chinese opposition was a reason it was taken out of APEC to become Global CBPR. Unclear what this is. [$] content.mlex.com#/content/161...
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
China's President Xi announces a "Global Cross-Border Data Flow Cooperation" initiative in APEC remarks. China is not a member or fan of APEC CBPR & Chinese opposition was a reason it was taken out of APEC to become Global CBPR. Unclear what this is. [$] content.mlex.com#/content/161...