WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN
GOODS
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL
As agreed by the Council for
Trade in Goods (CTG) at its meeting of 3 and 4 July 2018, I hereby
make, under my own responsibility as Chairperson, the following factual report
to the General Council concerning the CTG meetings that took place on 23
and 26 March, and 3 and 4 July 2018.
Pursuant to the 2017 Ministerial
Decision[1]
instructing the General Council, inter alia, to
hold periodic reviews of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce (WPEC or WP)
in its sessions of July and December 2018 and July 2019, based on the
reports submitted by the WTO bodies entrusted with the implementation of
the Work Programme, the Council for Trade in Goods placed the issue of the Work
Programme on Electronic Commerce on the agenda of its meetings held on 23 and
26 March, and 3 and 4 July 2018. At these meetings, the Chair
invited delegations to express their opinions and to make suggestions as to how
to work on the preparation of the periodic review to be held in the General
Council at its session of July 2018.