India Will Seek an End to WTO’s 1998 Tariff Freeze on Digital Trade
- New Delhi wants to tax goods embedded in electronic commerce
- WTO to discuss the issue at upcoming meeting in February
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India is seeking to end a freeze on countries taxing electronic trade, a move that would allow tariffs to be imposed on anything from software downloads to video games.
New Delhi will ask World Trade Organization members to lift a moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public. The issue will come up for discussion at the WTO’s ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi in February.