WTO
Brazil stands its ground on WTO digital tax discussions
WTO meeting fails to renew e-commerce moratorium. Photo: WTO
At World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in Cameroon, a standoff between Brazil and the US over the future of the e-commerce moratorium ended without agreement on Monday — allowing the measure to lapse for the first time since 1998.
The moratorium, a WTO-wide ban on customs duties applied to electronic transmissions such as software downloads, music and movie streaming and video games, had been quietly renewed every two years since it was first adopted. Until now…
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