Belize has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Belize lacks a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them in the Freedom of Information Act, 1994 (Art. 29) and the Public Sector Data Sharing Act, 2021 (Art. 11).

According to Art. 4 of the Infrastructure Sharing Regulations, all licensees shall (i) have a right and, when requested, an obligation to negotiate the sharing of infrastructure and facilities with each other for the purpose of providing public telecommunications services, or for any other purpose deemed to be in the public interest by the Commission; (ii) negotiate in good faith with each other on matters concerning the sharing of infrastructure and facilities; (iii) neither withdraw from nor impair arrangements for the sharing of infrastructure and facilities once already granted, unless authorised to do so by the Commission. Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 7 of the Regulations, a licensee shall provide infrastructure and facilities sharing under the same terms and conditions as that offered to any other licensee.

It is reported that the Government of Belize currently owns 83.6% of the shares, with 34.3% held by the Social Security Board under the Ministry of Finance and 49.3% held by the Ministry of Telecommunications.
In August 2009, the Government of Belize nationalised the British telecom company Telemedia, now known as Belize Telemedia Limited, acquiring 94% of its shares through the Belize Telecommunications (Assumption of Control over Belize Telemedia Limited) Order, Statutory Instrument No. 104 of 2009. In June 2011, the Court of Appeal declared the 2009 acquisition legislation unconstitutional, rendering it null and void (Civil Appeal No. 30 of 2010). However, within weeks of the Court's decision, the government enacted the Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2011 and issued subsidiary orders to reacquire 94% of the shares. The acquisition has also been confirmed with the Belize Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act 2011.

It is reported that Belize does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there is an obligation of accounting separation. In addition, according to Art. 30 of the Telecommunications Act, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize may prescribe reasonable accounting procedures in accordance with international accounting and costing standards to determine the cost of operations, which shall be followed and implemented by all public telecommunication service providers.

According to Art. 16 of the Telecommunications Act, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (PUC) may consider any element of national interest, policy or security in granting a license. In addition, under Art. 18, the PUC, in granting the license, shall require the licensee, at the request of the Government, to cooperate with the Minister in national security matters. In addition, according to Art. 19, the PUC may suspend, modify, revoke or refuse to renew a license for national security or public interest reasons.

Belize has only partially attached the WTO Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Belize is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

According to Art. 21 of the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act 2011, a limited tender procedure may be established due to national security or for reasons of national emergency. According to Art. 2, a limited tender procedure means a procurement in which the Government does not call for any tender or in which the Government individually invites suppliers to submit a bid for a contract.

Barbados does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties.

The registration of the domain ".bb" in Barbados is under the supervision of the Telecommunications Unit. According to Form 52 of the Telecommunication Act, applicants for a ".bb" domain must have a local presence in the country to register a domain name.

The Consumer Protection Act provides a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions. Part IV of the Act addresses distance selling, which would include Internet-based commerce. In addition, according to Art. 16 (a), introduced by the amendment of the Electronic Transactions Act of 2014, a person who uses electronic communications to sell goods or services to consumers shall provide accurate and accessible information describing the goods or services, as well as information about the terms, conditions, and costs associated with a transaction.

Barbados is not a signatory of the UN Convention of Electronic Communications.