WTO talks: The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to...

The World Trade Organization chief said she hopes countries can restore the ecommerce moratorium after it lapsed during Monday talks. Witho...

Negotiations to extend the moratorium - which is set to expire in March - by four years plus an additional buffer year to 2031 are stuck, e...

While some countries oppose an extension or favour a two-year period, the US is pushing for a longer duration.

India is actively pursuing trade agreements with the EU and UK. Discussions are underway to finalize a free trade deal with the EU. The UK ...

The ecommerce moratorium is a global agreement among World Trade Organisation members which bans customs duties being applied to electronic...

India urged consensus on WTO plurilateral outcomes and careful reconsideration of the e-commerce duty moratorium. The US wants the moratori...

India urged WTO members to restore the dispute settlement system's functionality, highlighting its current dysfunctionality prevents effect...

India urged consensus-based integration of plurilateral outcomes into the WTO framework, cautioning against additional obligations for non-...

The WTO has had a moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions since 1998, and members have extended the rule every two years. ...

India is a major exporter of IT and software services, with exports worth $194 billion in 2023 and growing at an annual rate of 12.2% as of...

Executives at Big Tech firms told ET that not extending the moratorium could be extremely problematic as there is no way to properly assess...

Citing the importance of developing nations to preserve policy space for their digital advancement, regulate imports and generate revenue t...

Though there is no concrete definition of what comprises electronic transmission, WTO members have generally agreed that anything from soft...

Electronic transmissions are at present immune from taxation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) under a moratorium. If the moratorium co...

The paper cautioned that the implications of the moratorium goes much beyond customs tariff revenue losses for developing countries due to ...

As per an UNCTAD study, India’s potential loss of revenue by not taxing electronic transmissions is around $500 million every year. Of the ...