The authors of the plan stressed that “India Meanwhile, some 76 countries are developing has the second largest population in the world, rules and exceptions to the rules governing cross- with a young, consumer-oriented society.” As a border data flows as part of new negotiations on result, India “is emerging as a virtual treasure e-commerce, which the World Trade Organization trove of information [...] Another way to achieve by this new economy, and they are investing in economies of scale in data is to participate in a infrastructure, data plans and strategies to boost system of rules such as a trade agreement that artificial intelligence (AI) and other cloud-based facilitates access to data from many countries. [...] Lines will have to be drawn between the need to keep channels of data open and flowing, on the one hand, and the need to close them to ensure 3 See . [...] Governments that have such a leading indicator of the quality of data governance a give and take between policy makers and their and the ability to produce verifiable public data. [...] The Mexican government hopes that by being open, the government will The performance of the 42 countries was then be less corrupt, more accountable and effective, compared with a sample of high-income economies and the country will become more productive.17 from the United States, Canada and the European Union.