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Trade Council adopts EU's additional mandate on electronic commerce

Brussels, 27/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

While plurilateral negotiations on e-commerce resumed this month in the World Trade Organization arenas (see EUROPE B12247A7) on Monday 27 May, the Trade Council validated the European mandate in these talks. 

These negotiating directives complement those given to the European Commission in the context of the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, which are almost 20 years old. They include the Union's position on aspects related to e-commerce. 

"The digitalization of our economy has...