a lack of access to a reliable internet connection. (18) New developments in technology must be deployed with consideration to the unique access challenges of rural, urban underserved, and vulnerable communities. (19) Digital trade has the power to help level the playing field and uplift those in traditionally unrepresented or underrepresented communities. (20) Countries have negotiated international rules governing digital trade in various bilateral and plurilateral agreements, but those rules remain fragmented, and no multilateral agreement on digital trade exists within the World Trade Organization. (21) The United States, through free trade agreements or other digital agreements, has been a leader in developing a set of rules and standards on digital governance and e-commerce that has helped allies and partners of the United States unlock the full economic and social potential of digital trade. (22) Congress recognizes the need for agreements on digital trade, as indicated by its support for a robust digital trade chapter in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (23) Other countries are operating under their own digital rules, some of which are contrary to democratic values shared by the United States and many allies and partners of the United States. (24) Those countries are attempting to advance their own digital rules on a global scale. (25) Examples of the plethora of nontariff barriers to digital trade that have emerged around the globe include— (A) overly restrictive data localization requirements and limitations on cross border data flows that do not achieve legitimate public policy objectives