The objective is to create a level playing field where the rules are predictable and consistent for all kinds of commerce. A third thrust is to strengthen the information infrastructure. The existing Internet networks must be able to support the exponential growth of electronic commerce. The Electronic Commerce Strategy encourages increased capacity through vigorous competition and open technical standards. The fourth area we are addressing is realizing the opportunities.
Electronic commerce is part of a broader process of economic, social and cultural change.
It's part of an emerging, global, knowledge-based economy. The Electronic Commerce Strategy proposes ways we can ensure that jobs and growth created by electronic commerce will be distributed as widely as possible among citizens, consumers and business. Our strategy is being implemented through partnerships between the private and public sectors. It is consumer demand, and business innovation and investment, that will drive the development of global electronic commerce. This is the broad outline of our Electronic Commerce Strategy.