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 at its meeting of 12 and 13 November 2018, I hereby make, under my own responsibility as Chairperson, the following factual report to the General Council.

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 (CTG or the Goods Council) placed the issue of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce on the agenda of its meetings held on 23 and 26 March, 3 and 4 July, and 12 and 13 November 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 sessions of July and December 2018.