The Internet-driven digital revolution is causing fundamental change to the U.S. and global economy, leading not only to new modes of communication and information-sharing, business models, and sources of job growth, but also to new policy challenges. Data and data flows form the foundation for innovation and engine of economic growth. Almost two-thirds of jobs created in the United States since 2010, required medium or advanced levels of digital skills.3 As digital information increases in importance in the U.S. economy, issues related to digital trade have become of growing interest to Congress.
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