WTO Suffers Fresh Blow as E-Commerce Reform Push Hits a Wall at Cameroon Meeting

WTO suffers fresh blow as e-commerce reform push hits a wall at Cameroon meeting

Earlier in March, Singapore and 11 other countries jointly backed a push for a permanent moratorium to be signed at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference.

WTO talks in Yaounde end in deadlock over e-commerce customs duties

World Trade Organization talks in Cameroon ended early on Monday without agreement after deep divisions over e-commerce duties blocked a deal.

E-commerce duties moratorium expires as WTO talks run out of time, officials say

By Olivia Le Poidevin YAOUNDE, March 30 (Reuters) – A global ​e-commerce moratorium on ‌duties on digital downloads and streaming has expired, a senior ‌World ​Trade ⁠Organization official said ⁠on Monday. WTO talks in Cameroon to extend the moratorium ​ran out of time and ⁠will be ⁠continued in Geneva, ​the WTO conference ​chair told delegates earlier. Negotiations ‌will begin afresh on a new moratorium, said ⁠a senior WTO official who asked to…

WTO talks in Brazil-US deadlock over e-commerce duties moratorium

Ministers are stuck on extending the moratorium beyond more than two years after Brazil's objection. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WTO talks conclude; no consensus on extension of e-commerce duty moratorium

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The four-day Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the WTO concluded on Monday in Yaounde, Cameroon, with members failing to resolve the contentious issue of extending the moratorium on e-commerce customs duties. Cameroon's Minister of Trade Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, the Chair of MC14, said that trade ministers worked to conclude several issues across the various areas of negotiation during the four-day meeting.However, he…