WTO ban on tariffs for digital trade extended until June 2020

FILE PHOTO: The World Trade Organization headquarters are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA - World Trade Organization members agreed on Tuesday to renew a 20-year moratorium on placing tariffs on digital trade for six months, allaying fears that people would have to pay duties on e-books and software for the first time. The moratorium on digital trade worth an estimated $225 billion a year has been in place since 1998, but was due to expire in December and required unanimity at the WTO for renewal.

“Members agree to maintain the current practice of not imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions until the 12th Ministerial Conference,” the General Council’s decision said, referring to a WTO meeting in Kazakhstan in June.Several countries, including India and South Africa, have expressed interest in lifting the moratorium as they develop their digital economies and seek to recuperate lost customs revenue as more trade becomes digital.

John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the decision and said it indicated “the continued value of the WTO as a forum for multilateral trade policy making” after members failed to resolve a crisis at its top court on Monday.

Good amount of change from its earlier maritorium. Now digital cross border trade acquired huge proportion without a tax,a benefit to some global corporates without any liability for global infrastructure including legal. Who can tax it and equitably redistribute to stakeholders?

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