The need to adhere to existing trade commitments, and to expand them, was emphasized. On all the issues, as we look ahead, the challenge is described as gaining us a deeper understanding of how e-commerce impacts on all of us, in all countries, and putting people first, in developing the market and solving specific problems. The value of setting global principles, as frameworks under which more specific, local solutions can develop, was emphasized. OECD's work, across many policy issues, has been welcomed and recognised as a global research resource. We need to reflect on how we can better disseminate it to a broader audience - through publishing and workshops, here and in other fora, and of course via the Web.
Participation is itself a major theme Participation in the benefits of e-commerce.
Participation in the decision-making about the electronic revolution. Business itself has offered a number of suggestions in this spirit, of securing benefits for all citizens and countries.