The DPA organized an event on the sidelines of the IPEF trade negotiation round in Singapore, entitled Digital Trade & IPEF: Challenges and Opportunities for Regional SMEs & Start-ups on 10 May 2023. Trade negotiators and representatives from participating IPEF member states, including Singapore, Japan, The Philippines, Australia, and the United States were present, and heard perspectives from DPA Members Kinobi and Accredify, on the role digital trade could play in mitigating barriers to entry for SMEs seeking to expand into the APAC region.