E-commerce, SMEs, investments and services will also be introduced by the countries participating in the XI Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, even though they are not part of the core of the Doha agenda negotiations.
Some of these issues are not even included in the list of multilateral negotiations, but several members are seeking to incorporate them into the agenda as new topics, such as the discussion on E-commerce which could not have been foreseen in 2001 when the round was launched.
However, Other members consider that before e-commerce is the subject of debate in the multilateral system to establish rules on the activity, it is necessary to address the digital divide..
Traditionally, the World Trade Organization has worked to eliminate tariff barriers and deregulate the exchange of traditional goods and services among its member countries.
Now, with the rise of new technologies, the entity wants to implement binding measures on electronic commerce that could hit less developed countries hard.
Source: Telam
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