인터넷 전자상거래(電子商去來)와 국제무역(國際貿易)

Issues and Problems in Electronic Commerce and International Trade

As the electronic information technology including the Internet has taken rapid development in recent years, the expansion of Electronic Commerce in business activities changes the paradigm of traditinal business Given this prog-ress this paper aims to review the effects of Electronic Commerce using the Internet on international trade, and to discuss the necessary steps for further de-velopment While Electronic Commerce dramaticallt reduces many complex procedures in-volving traditional trade and removes boundaries between producers and consum-ers through the Internet, it has an enormous influence on the traditional mechanism of international trade In addition, Electronic Commerce is enable to consol-idate all of the markets into a single unified market, which allows anybody to participate in very efficient, and cycle times, and the realization of new sales opportunities However, it is forecasted that the regulations of applicable policies, especially for trade in Services, Intellectual Property Rights, Government settling Electronic Commerce In order to ensure the stable growth of Electronic Commerce, the solution for issues in tariffs and other taxes relating to electronic commerce, the establish-ment of Uniform Commercial Code, Intellectual Property Rights, security, and privacy protection must be formulated In order to realize this, the private sector and government face a number of challenge However, this paper points out that any solution will be meaningless if it discourages Electronic Commerce, or impairs the development of the Internet and other information technologies