States Seek Extension of Ecommerce Tariff Moratorium at WTO (reuters.com)
(Friday November 07, 2025 @05:25PM (msmash)
from the don't-fix-if-it-ain't-broken dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/1912220/states-seek-extension-of-ecommerce-tariff-moratorium-at-wto
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/states-seek-extension-e-commerce-tariff-moratorium-wto-2025-11-06/
An anonymous reader shares a report:
> A group of states is seeking to extend a World Trade Organization agreement to [1]refrain from placing customs duties on digital transmissions , a World Trade Organization document showed on Thursday. The proposal submitted by Barbados on behalf of a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states proposed to extend the current moratorium -- a key pillar of internet development for decades -- beyond March 2026, when it was set to expire.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/states-seek-extension-e-commerce-tariff-moratorium-wto-2025-11-06/
> A group of states is seeking to extend a World Trade Organization agreement to [1]refrain from placing customs duties on digital transmissions , a World Trade Organization document showed on Thursday. The proposal submitted by Barbados on behalf of a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states proposed to extend the current moratorium -- a key pillar of internet development for decades -- beyond March 2026, when it was set to expire.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/states-seek-extension-e-commerce-tariff-moratorium-wto-2025-11-06/
"digital transmissions" (Score:1)
what exactly does that even mean here? does it apply to microtransactions of gacha games? just transmission of data itself? in any case it seems bad to start tariffing such literally ephemeral things?
Re: (Score:3)
Does it block tariffs on outsourced labour such as code written in India or elsewhere?