China says e-commerce deal must factor in constraints of developing countries

World Trade Organization negotiations on e-commerce must take into account the special constraints that developing countries faced, China argued this week at the first meeting of the plurilateral talks on Wednesday, emphasizing its view that stands in direct opposition to that of the U.S. “China hopes the negotiation process will remain open, transparent and inclusive, and take into account the capacity constraints and difficulties of developing Members,” China said, according to a copy of its statement. “We will need flexible...