Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 99440

Electronic Commerce

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support UK participation in the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on e-commerce.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The WTO Agreement on E Commernce (ECA) is the first global digital trade agreement that will make trade faster, cheaper, fairer, and more secure. The UK is an active and supportive participant of the Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce (JSI). In July...

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