Nearly half WTO members agree to talks on new e-commerce rules
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Impatient with the lack of World Trade Organization rules to cover the explosive growth of e-commerce, 76 countries and regions agreed on Friday to start negotiating this year on a set of open and predictable regulations.The WTO's 164 members were unable to consolidate some 25 separate e-commerce proposals at the body's biennial conference at Buenos Aires in December, including a call to set up a central e-commerce negotiating forum.In a gathering on the sidelines..