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WTO Digital Trade :Opportunities and Challenges

Digital Trade : Opportunities and Challenges

Digital trade offers more opportunities than challenges to least-developed countries (LDCs), including for their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups. This paper outlines some steps LDCs can take to tap those opportunities. It also describes how international cooperation can help LDCs foster regulatory regimes and practices that support their companies’ digital trade ambitions.

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Unlocking e-commerce in LDCs: Governments hold the key – eTrade for all Leadership Dialogue EIF’s Contribution

E-commerce is here to stay. When the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) first got involved in the UNCTAD eTrade Readiness Assessment for Samoa in 2017, we did not envisage that e-commerce would become so ubiquitous, so fast. Five years and a global pandemic later, economies are increasingly relying on digital commerce and the data economy. It is an incredible leap for innovation and connectivity. But with every great, fast leap forward, we need to look around to make sure we leave no one behind.

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