MSMEs enouraged to look to e-commerce 3 Hrs Ago Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon whose ministry has been pushing for MSMEs to take advantage of e-commerce options especially in these pandemic times. File photo by Sureash Cholai Micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSMEs) have been encouraged to take advantage of e-commerce and technological solutions as the country continues to try to navigate through the pandemic. To this end, the Ministry of Trade and Industry continues to implement the National E-commerce Strategy, which aims to create an enabling environment that facilitates and promotes e-commerce for local businesses to serve domestic and international consumer markets.