15 Years of the Information Technology Agreement
Subtitle: trade, innovation and global production networks
Publisher: World Trade Organization
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789287038265
Subjects: Tariff on information technology products; Information Technology Agreement
Other titles: Fifteen years of the Information Technology Agreement
Description: "The Information and Technology Agreement (ITA) was finalized at the first WTO Ministerial Conference, in Singapore, in 1996, committing its participants to completely eliminate duties on certain information technology products. In its 15 years, the ITA has promoted affordable access to a wide range of technologies, encouraging closer cooperation between developed and developing countries. As production networks become increasingly global, the ITA will continue to facilitate the shift from products made in a specific country to "made in the world". To mark the 15th anniversary of the ITA, this publication charts the political and technical obstacles which were overcome during the creation of the Agreement and the issues which still need to be resolved. It details the establishment of the ITA Committee and how the Agreement is implemented, and investigates the impact the ITA has had on trade liberalization and innovation. The publication also examines the effect information technology has had on global production networks and what this means for developing countries and the ITA."--Back cover.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available on the Internet.
Table of contents: title: The road to the Information Technology Agreement; title: The ITA committee: 15 years of encouraging trade; title: The impact of the trade liberalization brought by the ITA; title: The ITA and innovation; title: Global production networks, electronic products and developing countries