Brussels, 08/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner responsible for the Information Society, stressed the reasons to explain why Europe is lagging behind in the field of electronic commerce and urged for the pooling of European resources. During a speech delivered in Paris, he recalled that the European market only represents one third of the US market and that many European SMEs still do not understand the advantages that they will gain from the new economy. The...