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Television reporters from Bloomberg West visited eBay Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California this Monday for an in-depth look at our business.

Hanne Melin of eBay’s Public Policy Lab talked to the OECD about how the Internet and digital services flatten the marketplace and enable micro multinationals to flourish.

This post was originally published on the eBay Inc. blog. 

eBay Inc. is drawing on its wealth of e-commerce data to play a global thought leadership role in a recent series of studies and public forums targeting international governments and industry leaders.

This week, eBay Inc. released a report titled, “Micro-Multinationals, Global Consumers and the World Trade Organisation” at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

This week the Swedish Foreign Ministry organized a half-day workshop on the topic of how to ensure forward-looking and innovation-friendly EU legislation on trade in goods and services. Hanne Melin of eBay Inc.'s Policy Lab was among the invitees from private sector, lawmakers, authorities and academia.

In a report finalized ahead of the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization, eBay draws up the contours of a trade regime for 21st Century trade patterns.

Download the report "Micro-Multinationals, Global Consumers and the WTO: towards a 21st Century trade regime."

eBay India launched its inaugural Online Business Index report in Delhi recently, building its credentials as an industry thought leader. The index follows other well-regarded reports, such as the eBay Census.

A master thesis by Saemundur Karl Finnbogason reviews the notion of sustainability in light of how the Internet and technology are changing the landscape of international trade.

Read the main findings and conclusion of this research project. 

Sweden’s Trade Ministry annually organizes an internal seminar bringing together trade officials from the Ministry in Stockholm as well as those based at Swedish embassies all around the world. Hanne Melin, of eBay’s Public Policy Lab, was one of the invited external guests to this year's meeting on 21 – 22 October.

eBay CEO John Donahoe recently met with Korea’s Science, ICT and Future Planning Minister Choi Mun-kee in Seoul. The two discussed online commerce and the role it plays in expanding the creative economy. During the meeting, Minister Choi requested eBay’s help in supporting and protecting online merchants. According to an article in the Korea Herald, supported the Korean government's measures, including the expansion of cross border trade, which would enable Korean merchants to sell their products abroad through eBay.