India has urged members of the WTO to work towards addressing the digital divide between countries and enterprises in terms of access to technologies and digital infrastructure. This is to ensure inclusive participation of developing and least developed countries in global e-commerce.

Its suggestions, made at a meeting on the ‘work programme on e-commerce’, include sharing national experiences on e-commerce and IP, discussing existing gaps in digital infrastructure, focussing on prompting secure and interoperable digital public infrastructure and discussing possible online platform for technology exchange.

“The WTO has a unique opportunity to contribute towards addressing the digital divide in terms of digital infrastructure and access to technology that hinders the inclusive participat

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