How Business Leaders View the WTO Agreements for Information Technology.

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 Infor