---
title: "Trade integration through digital infrastructure"
author: "Berg, C.; Lane, A.M.; Allen, D.W.E."
date: "2024-08-06"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/2024/08/trade-integration-through-digital-infrastructure/"
type: "Submissions and reports"
published_in: "Submissions and reports"
pdf: "https://chrisberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SEA-Agriculture-Submission-2024.pdf"
topics: "Trade and foreign investment"
---

# Trade integration through digital infrastructure

*Submission to House of Representatives Inquiry into Australian Agriculture in Southeast Asian Markets, with Darcy WE Allen and Aaron M Lane*

The core of our submission is to emphasise the importance of digital economic infrastructure (e.g. identity systems, payments, traceability) for trade and economic development. This digital infrastructure can not only lower costs to facilitate more trade, but also is a critical mechanism by which Australian agriculture can continue to develop a trusted premium market positioning in the region.

[View the full submission in PDF here.](https://chrisberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SEA-Agriculture-Submission-2024.pdf)