Question follow-through · 99440
Electronic Commerce
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
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.
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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