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Is the world finally going to tariff big tech?The WTO failed to renew its long-standing moratorium on tariffs for e-commerce, ending a near 30-year consensus that kept digital trade dut...
India is looking at preferential access to US market, says Piyush GoyalGoyal met US trade representative Jamieson Greer on the sidelines of the World Trade Organisation's 14th ministerial conference (MC14) in C...
India stood alone to oppose IFD pact at WTO meet, won't join crowd just to look better: GoyalIndia stood alone at the WTO meeting in Cameroon, opposing a China-led Investment Facilitation for Development agreement. Commerce Minister...
Extension WTO e-comm duty moratorium for longer period to give certainty to biz: Union minister Piyush GoyalIndia is pushing for an extended moratorium on import duties for digital goods transmitted across borders. This move aims to provide busine...
WTO faces new reality of global tradeThe World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference wrapped up in the wee hours Monday with no results on the key issues of agricult...
Away from Middle East war zone, many battles unfold on the tableThe WTO ministerial in Cameroon ended in deadlock, failing to extend the e-commerce moratorium and highlighting deep divisions between majo...
WTO fails to reach consensus on key e-commerce moratorium, reformsThe WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde concluded without agreement on crucial trade issues. Key among these was the e-commerce import du...
WTO meet concludes; no consensus on extension of e-commerce duty moratoriumWTO talks: The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to...
WTO chief hopes members will restore lapsed ecommerce duties moratoriumThe World Trade Organization chief said she hopes countries can restore the ecommerce moratorium after it lapsed during Monday talks. Witho...
WTO talks run overtime as Brazil, US clash on ecomm moratoriumWorld Trade Organization talks in Cameroon extended beyond deadlines. Negotiators from the US and Brazil debated agriculture and electronic...
WTO talks in Brazil-US deadlock over ecommerce duties moratoriumNegotiations to extend the moratorium - which is set to expire in March - by four years plus an additional buffer year to 2031 are stuck, e...
WTO MC: Members intensify talks on ecommerce duty moratorium extension at YaoundeWhile some countries oppose an extension or favour a two-year period, the US is pushing for a longer duration.
WTO talks near deal on reform roadmap amid US-India e-commerce deadlockGlobal trade ministers are nearing a World Trade Organization reform agreement, with crucial talks underway in Cameroon. A key sticking poi...
WTO members try to close gap between US, India on e-commerce tariff moratoriumNations are discussing an extension for the e-commerce moratorium. India may end its opposition to prolonging the agreement. The US seeks a...
India signals shift on ecommerce tariff moratorium, balks at US push for permanent extensionIndia signalled it may accept a two-year extension of the WTO moratorium on tariffs for electronic transmissions, despite earlier oppositio...
Sharp divide over e-commerce moratorium on customs duties in WTO: GTRIA significant rift has emerged at the WTO ministerial conference in Cameroon over the e-commerce moratorium on customs duties, with the US ...
At WTO meet, Piyush Goyal says plurilateral agreements must not be imposedIndia urged consensus on WTO plurilateral outcomes and careful reconsideration of the e-commerce duty moratorium. The US wants the moratori...
WTO's dispute settlement system should be fully functional, says Piyush GoyalIndia urged WTO members to restore the dispute settlement system's functionality, highlighting its current dysfunctionality prevents effect...
Consensus key to include plurilaterals, careful reconsideration of ecomm moratorium: India at WTO MC14India urged consensus-based integration of plurilateral outcomes into the WTO framework, cautioning against additional obligations for non-...
E-commerce moratorium proposal worries IndiaNew Delhi has maintained that the globally agreed ecommerce moratorium has led to loss of revenue besides restricting use of tariffs as a t...