On that point, the economic strategy tables talked about the importance of agile regulations from three perspectives: The first was how they drive innovation, the second, investment, and the third, growth. In that context, sandboxes stood out as being a very vital way to deal with novel issues and the issues that come up in an innovation context, because you need to find a safe way to experiment. A sandbox is a great way to do that.
On February 19th, 2019. See this statement in context.