Underlying data sovereignty laws is another dimension policymakers and the public need to consider – the economic aspect. Ultimately, these laws end up reproducing many of the old questions in protectionism vs. free trade: higher domestic investment in infrastructure and jobs, but higher prices for consumers due to it being more expensive for providers. This byline, targeted at Tier 1s, will explicitly raise the existence of this trade-off as something policymakers need to consider as a natural consequence of data sovereignty laws.