World Trade Organization members are weighing a five-year extension of a global ban on e-commerce tariffs, according to a draft statement circulating Sunday.
The so-called moratorium on customs duties on “electronic transmissions” has been renewed at WTO gatherings every two years since 1998, but the Trump administration is pushing for a permanent deal at the WTO’s 14th ministerial conference that began Thursday in Yaounde, Cameroon.
In the draft seen by Bloomberg, nations agree to maintain their practices of not imposing tariffs on online digital-services trade until June 30, 2031.
In a March 26 statement at the start of the conference ...