The fair attracted over 140,000 professional visitors and more than 1,600 IT exhibitors. Participants welcomed this initiative and requested ITC to pursue its efforts in promoting information technologies, with a special effort for LDCs. Most made successful business contacts and intend to return for SETI 2002. This article provides a quick checklist. Regional round tables stimulate networking and capacity building for e-trade.
Few industries drive the pace of social and economic change as fast as information technology.
World Trade Organization Agreements on Information Technology and Basic Telecommunications Services, conducted in the 1990s, aim to liberalize these areas in order to spur economic growth in the twenty-first century. ITC surveyed over 600 business and government leaders in developed and developing countries for their reactions to these Agreements. Market opportunities and challenges for developing countries are highlighted in this article, adapted from the ITC publication, Trade in Information Technology Products and the WTO Agreements. I don't have enough knowledge to answer. I have another preferred option.