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News: The e-Commerce Moratorium is to be reconsidered for extension at the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.
About e-Commerce Moratorium
- The e-commerce moratorium is a global agreement among World Trade Organization members which bans customs duties being applied to electronic transmissions such as digital downloads and streaming.
- First adopted in: It was first adopted in 1998 at the WTO’s Second Ministerial Conference in Geneva as part of a declaration to encourage early digital trade growth.
- Coverage: It covers cross-border transmissions such as software downloads, e-books, music and movie streaming and video games.
- Extension of moratorium: Originally, it was planned to be temporary, but the tariff moratorium has been renewed roughly every two years at each WTO ministerial conference.
- It was most recently extended at the 13th Ministerial Conference (2024).
- It is to be reconsidered at the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.
- India’s stand on extension: India believes that its extension would deprive it of tariff revenue to fund infrastructure and close the digital divide.
