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Cloud computing is the missing link in regional AI ambitions

Harmonising cloud standards and rules must be a priority for Apec.

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Cloud infrastructure has become the plumbing of the modern economy.

Cloud infrastructure has become the plumbing of the modern economy.

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Wendy Cutler and Shay Wester

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Tariff hikes and strategic competition have dominated headlines, but a quieter issue risks being overlooked, one that is just as consequential for economic growth and business opportunity: how countries govern the infrastructure powering the digital economy.

Cloud infrastructure has become the plumbing of the modern economy.

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