By Ribagnac Enzo
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19 Dec, 2020
Slightly more than 20 years after WTO members established the first work programme on e-commerce, digital trade is again on the agenda. In January 2019, 76 members signed the joint statement on the launch of “negotiations on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce”. Analysts of policy making decisions often refer to the concept of a “window of opportunity” as the reason behind a new legislation. This window would open if streams of problems, solutions and political desires to act meet together. This seems to be the case with digital trade.