Leo Baumann, Director Public Affairs 15 th Annual World Electronics Forum Meeting Topic 3: Free Trade

A wide range of multinational companies (62) and national ICT trade associations in Europe (41)… Which represent more than 10,000 businesses and two million employees… And generate revenues of over 1,000 billion Euros … Thus bringing credibility and legitimacy to the organisation… Which has become the voice of the European Digital Technology Industry. MEMBERSHIP 3

Adobe, Agilent, Alcatel-Lucent, AMD, Apple, Bang & Olufsen, Bose, Brother, Buffalo, Canon, Cisco, Corning, Dell, EADS, Elcoteq, Epson, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Infineon, Ingram Micro, Intel, JVC, Kenwood, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, LG, Loewe, Micronas, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, NXP Semiconductors, Océ, Oki, Oracle, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, SAP, Sharp, Siemens, Sony, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Thales, Thomson, Toshiba, Xerox Austria: FEEI; Belgium: AGORIA; Bulgaria: BAIT; Cyprus: CITEA; Czech Republic: ASE, SPIS; Denmark: DI ITEK, IT-BRANCHEN; Estonia: ITL; Finland: FFTI; France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC; Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI; Greece: SEPE; Hungary: IVSZ; Ireland: ICT IRELAND; Italy: ANITEC, ASSINFORM; Lithuania: INFOBALT; Netherlands: ICT OFFICE, FIAR; Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT; Portugal: AGEFE, APDC; Romania: APDETIC; Slovakia: ITAS; Slovenia: GZS; Spain: AETIC, ASIMELEC; Sweden: IT&Telekomföretagen; United Kingdom: INTELLECT; Belarus: INFOPARK; Norway: ABELIA, IKT NORGE; Switzerland: SWICO; Turkey: ECID, TESID, TÜBISAD; Ukraine: IT UKRAINE LIST OF MEMBERS 4

5 Reliable and sustainable trade conditions in the global digital economy. Free, balanced, open and fair trade. Zero tariffs and zero non-tariff barriers, world-wide in a sustainable multilateral, rules-based trading system affording maximum access to markets. Open markets and stabilising trade flows continue to be a key element for economic recovery. TRADE POLICY OBJECTIVES

6 Doha needs to be brought to a successful conclusion. Need for an internationally agreed roadmap with a target date for expanding the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). EU’s NAMA NTB proposal: ‘Suppliers Declaration of Conformity’ ACTIONS