Argument evidence
ESCAP identifies relatively high compliance costs around tariffs/trade defence, non-technical NTMs and cross-border data
Source
ESCAP — https://www.unescap.org/kp/2026/regional-digital-trade-integration-index-rdtii-21-economy-profile-2025-pakistan. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
Growing IT exports do not automatically imply frictionless digital commerce.
How to deploy: Use ESCAP identifies relatively high compliance costs around tariffs/trade defence, non-technical NTMs and cross-border data (ESCAP identifies relatively high compliance costs around tariffs/trade defence, non-technical NTMs and cross-border data policies., 2025) to support the claim that Growing IT exports do not automatically imply frictionless digital commerce.