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Advances in information technology since the 1990s have altered the focus of many trade agreements. In 1997 the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and Basic Telecommunications Agreement (BTA) reduced the tariffs on computer and telecommunications products and some intangible goods considered to be drivers of the developing knowledge-based economy. The rapid growth of the Internet and...
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