Participants in e-Commerce Talks at WTO Boost Efforts to Wrap Up Negotiations

Countries participating in the negotiations on e-commerce at the World Trade Organization ramped up efforts to converge on various topics during the Feb. 13-16 meetings and are looking to wrap up talks by the end of 2023, the WTO said. Australia, Japan and Singapore -- the co-convenors of the negotiations -- also welcomed Kyrgyzstan as a new entrant to the talks. Eighty-eight countries are now participating in the e-commerce initiative.