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States seek extension of e-commerce tariff moratorium at WTO

by John McCarthy
November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) – A group of states is seeking to extend a World Trade Organization agreement to refrain from placing customs duties on digital transmissions, a World Trade Organization document showed on Thursday. The proposal…

Caribbean and Central America Have Most To Lose From U.S.’s WTO Fight

by John McCarthy
December 29, 2018April 20, 2019

WASHINGTON — Small countries will lose the most from a United States fight with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The global trade body’s appeals panel may be paralyzed next year because of the USA’s obstinacy. …