E-Commerce

International Commercial Policies

E-COMMERCE GROUP

E-COMMERCE ISSUES

•TAX

•COMPETITION

•HEALTH

•PRIVACY

•STANDARDIZATION

•ENVIRONTMENT

Potential Threats in the Mail Stream

• identify all threats and eliminate or reduce the risk they pose to an organization’s employees, facilities, and daily operations:

• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive Threats

• Dangerous Items and Contraband

• Hoaxes: White Powder Envelopes

• Threatening Content: threatening language, potential murders or terrorist attacks.

Small business can now reach the customer directly through a search engine, comparison site, or online market place.

Even Tesco, the 2nd largest retailer in the world uses eBay UK as a sales channel !!

“Did you know 39% units sold on Amazon were by 3rd party merchants, not Amazon ?”

GOVERNMENT HAS THEIR OWN AUTHORITY

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) this month reported figures of 520 million internet users in China.

The China government is making a concerted push towards developing the internet and e-commerce through policy statements such as the latest circular on the development of e-commerce in China. Both of these put great emphasis on investment in internet infrastructure and other support for China's booming e-commerce industry.

E-commerce: duties on hold while impact discussed

• E-commerce is also discussed in the WTO’s Work Programme on E-Commerce, established in 1998, with the objective of analysing trade-related issues arising from global e-commerce. Since 1998, WTO members have agreed not to impose customs duties on electronic transmissions

• in a series of meetings in October and November 2009, members discussed the content of a draft decision to be sent to ministers. They decided that Members will maintain their current practice of not imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions until the next session. And all of the issues are currently being negotiated within the WTO.

• A workshop on electronic commerce was held at the WTO on Monday 17 and Tuesday, 18 June 2013 to showcase commercial, technological and regulatory developments in global e-trade. The Workshop addressed a broad range of topics, including broadband rollout and regulatory best practice for communications infrastructure, mobile-commerce developments, e-commerce provisions of trade agreements, on-line sales, software and cloud service markets and global trends in new media. Case studies also featured small and medium sized enterprises, developing countries' participation in on-line services trade, and examples of regulatory initiatives governments have adopted to secure benefits of e-commerce.

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