FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS
SEVENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRADE
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
QUITO, ECUADOR
NOVEMBER 1 2002

Electronic Commerce

36. We have received, with appreciation, the Third Report of the Joint Government-Private Sector Committee of Experts on Electronic Commerce (Joint Committee) with recommendations on how to expand and broaden the benefits of electronic commerce for the Western Hemisphere. We instruct that the Third Report of the Committee be published on the official FTAA website, and sent to the relevant Negotiating Groups for their consideration.

JOINT GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (ECOM)
1. We have decided to suspend temporarily the activities of the Joint Government-Private Sector Committee of Experts on Electronic Commerce and authorize the TNC to reactivate it when and how the TNC deems it necessary.