WTO

Global E-Commerce Agreement Could Add Up to USD 8.7 Trillion to the World Economy

October 2025

Analyses, Timeline

Digital trade has grown nearly twice as fast as goods trade over the past decade and is becoming a key driver of global growth. This conclusion comes from a WTO Staff Working Paper titled “Great Expectations: Quantifying the Potential Economic Impact of the WTO Agreement on E-Commerce” (ERSD-2025-06, authored by Eddy Bekkers, Javier López-González, and… Read more