ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE IMPACT ON INDONESIA
AbstrakThis paper abserves the development in the discussion of e-commerce as across cutting issue in WTO and how the issue affected Indonesia primarily inthe information and communication technology (ICT) area. The explorationwill focus on e-commerce discussion and the progress starting from the FirstMinisterial Conference to the Fifth. The observation will also broaden to allrelated issue of the topic in this research, such as intellectual property rightsand ICT Under the author analysis, there is one thing that Indonesiangovernment can take advantage, the joining in Information TechnologyAgreement (ITA). Because ITA was, establish in the purpose of encouragingnations to develop their ICT so there will be development in the ICT in orderto create of fair competition. The encouragements were given in the form ofreducing custom and duties on technology used for ICT More authoropinion that Indonesia must see ITA as the facility in building up the ICT inthe country, despite the debate on the categorization of e-commerce, whetheras good or service. Indonesia must take an immediate step redeem necessaryto compete in the globalization of commerce, and maximizing the ICTdevelopment through available facility is one possible step right now.