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Electronic Commerce in APEC:Electronic Commerce in APEC:Policy issuesPolicy issues

Jesus ORTA MARTINEZJesus ORTA MARTINEZChairman, APEC ECSGChairman, APEC ECSG

Deputy Director-General of Digital EconomyDeputy Director-General of Digital EconomyMinistry of the EconomyMinistry of the EconomyGovernment of MexicoGovernment of Mexico

2nd APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance 2nd APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance ForumForum


Agenda

•Overview / Background

•The role of APEC in e-Commerce

•Policy issues

•ECSG Work Program

•ECSG Future Work

•Concluding remarks


Region Region 2002 2002 % % 2006 2006 % %

CAGR CAGR 200220022006 2006

Developing Asia and Pacific Developing Asia and Pacific 87.6 87.6 3.8 3.8 660.3 660.3 5.1 5.1 65.7 65.7

Latin America Latin America 7.6 7.6 0.3 0.3 100.1 100.1 0.8 0.8 90.5 90.5

Transition economies Transition economies 9.2 9.2 0.4 0.4 90.2 90.2 0.7 0.7 77.0 77.0

Africa Africa 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 6.9 6.9 0.1 0.1 91.1 91.1

Total developing countries Total developing countries 104.9 104.9 4.6 4.6 857.5 857.5 6.7 6.7 69.1 69.1

North America North America 1 677. 1 677. 73.1 73.1 7 469.0 7 469.0 58.2 58.2 45.3 45.3

Developed Europe Developed Europe 246.3 246.3 10.7 10.7 2 458.6 2 458.6 19.2 19.2 77.7 77.7

Developed Asia and Pacific Developed Asia and Pacific 264.8 264.8 11.5 11.5 2 052.1 2 052.1 16.0 16.0 66.8 66.8

Total developed countries Total developed countries 2 188.4 2 188.4 95.4 95.4 11 979.7 11 979.7 93.3 93.3 53.0 53.0

World total World total 2 293.5 2 293.5 12 837.3 12 837.3 53.8 53.8

Source: UNCTAD elaboration of data Source: UNCTAD elaboration of data from Forrester (2001). from Forrester (2001).

Overview/Background – eCommerce forecast 2002-2006 (BUSD)


Overview/Background – eCommerce trends

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E-commerce and Countries 2002

Developing

Developed

E-commerce and Countries 2006

Developing

Developed


Overview/Background – Barriers to eCommerce

Legal/Policy Capacity Infrastructure

•Authentication

•Invoice

•Standards

•Trust

•Business environment

•Cultural issues

•Technological preparedness

•Internet access

•Communications costs

•Security


Background – Role for international fora

•United Nations (CEFACT, UNCITRAL, ITU, etc.)

•Regional (APEC, ASEAN, OAS, EU, etc.)

•Multilateral (WTO, WCO, OECD, etc.)


Background – Role for international fora

•Policy guidelines / model regulation

•Pilot / pathfinder projects

•Program funding

•Capacity building

•Economic and technical cooperation


The role of APEC

•Policy guidelines (privacy, consumer protection, security)

•Pilot / pathfinder projects (ECO, eSPS)

•Information sharing (privacy and paperless trading IAP’s)

•Capacity building (standards, security)

Multi-working group approach (ECSG, TEL, HRWG, SMEWG, SCCP, SCSC)


ECSG – Policy issues

•Standards

•Confidence / Trust

•Cross border data flows

•Security


•Data privacy

•Paperless trading

•SPAM


ECSG – Work program

Data Privacy

•APEC Privacy Principles

•Information sharing and cross border cooperation


•Privacy IAP

•Cross border rules

•Improved privacy notices



Paperless trading

•Electronic Certificate of Origin

•E-Sanitary Phitosanitary Certificate

•Collaboration UN/CEFACT Single Window Initiative

•Public Private Partnership Dialogue on paperless trading

•Standards



Other issues

•SPAM and related threats

•Open standards and interoperability

•FTA’s / RTA’s model chapters

•On-line piracy (ABAC)


ECSG – Future work

Priority:

ICT-enabled growth

Objective:

To develop policy guidelines and hands-on projects aimed at leveraging ICT use to promote economic growth and competitiveness

Basic premise:

Public-private, horizontal, and proactive approach


Concluding remarks

•E-Commerce is consistently increasing but the gap is still wide

•Developing economies should be more aggresive in leveraging the benefits of e-commerce to promote economic growth (leap-frogging)

•International fora have a significant potential role to contribute (not realized)


Concluding remarks

•In order to realize this potential, collaboration and priorization must be achieved among international actors (coordinated agenda approach)

•APEC is the fastest growing region in the world and the ECSG works toward enhancing the development of e-commerce in the region to further spur this growth and narrow the digital divide


Electronic Commerce in APEC:Electronic Commerce in APEC:Policy issuesPolicy issues

Jesus ORTA MARTINEZJesus ORTA MARTINEZChairman, APEC ECSGChairman, APEC ECSG

Deputy Director-General of Digital EconomyDeputy Director-General of Digital EconomyMinistry of the EconomyMinistry of the EconomyGovernment of MexicoGovernment of Mexico

2nd APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance 2nd APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance ForumForum

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