e-commerce and political interest --- Commenting on the Diplo piece that the ongoing Doha Round of WTO trade discussions has revived political interest in e-commerce seems to suggest that e-commerce was perceived as a private sector machinery abstract from politics. If this was the perception, it would suggest that the political directorate has been short-sighted not to have seen the linkage between trade and the use of the internet and technology for goods and services; this raises an interesting scenario: should government develop legislation and polices to govern e-trade and e-commerce and even regulating the internet ?

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm