The World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) is the world’s largest, (and on many issues, the only) multilateral body for trade related negotiations. Its sluggishness on negotiations notwithstanding, the WTO has been a bulwark for fair trade and the principles that entail this high objective. It was therefore inevitable that concerns over an issue as pervasive as e-commerce would eventually spill over to the multilateral forum.
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