There is a broad consensus that global electronic commerce needs the World Trade
Organization (WTO) trade rules to govern it. The current mandate of the WTO is merely to …

The pandemic crisis will likely shift global trade into digital services. This turn is consistent
with the broader picture in which the nature of globalization becomes increasingly based on …

Digitalization has wide ranging benefits, but it also creates tax policy challenges: tax bases
are more mobile and can erode easily. Tax policy is more complex in the digital age …

Digitalization has the potential to bring great economic benefits, but it is also creating new
challenges. This note focuses on trade in digitized products, its fiscal revenue implications …

The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the
digital age, given the continent's many development challenges and slow adoption of digital …

Since the advent of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, the digital revolution has
consistently promised development dividends for countries across the world. For instance …

Digital trade allows more goods and services to be traded internationally. For years, digital
trade was not formally defined, but its increasing importance led to an established definition …

For decades, multilateral trade rules operated to keep government protectionist impulses in
check. They provided a foundation of openness for international commerce, as well as a …

In a world increasingly reliant on e-commerce, the need for comprehensive international
trade regulations, ensuring fairness and inclusivity in this digital trade has become …

In January 2020, the Philippines joined the World Trade Organization Joint Statement
Initiative on E-commerce which seeks to develop a multilateral agreement on trade-related …