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What’s in the WTO JSI “stabilised” text?

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024adminLeave a comment

After four years of negotiations at the WTO, a “stabilised text” for the WTO Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on e-commerce was released in July. This is a text now broadly agreed upon within negotiations, although there may be further minor adjustments to reach a final text. The JSI is one of the most important negotiations…

The minor rules shaping the development impacts of digital marketplaces.

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023adminLeave a comment

As e-commerce and platform-based trading expand across the globe, one of the major developmental claims is that digital marketplace trading might unleash small firm creativity and profits. Selling online, even reaching lucrative foreign customers, has been a key ambition for many small firms and part of wider digital development policies. An important question for researchers…