{"id":359444,"date":"2026-03-31T15:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359444"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:14:19","slug":"e-commerce-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/e-commerce-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Commerce Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The e-Commerce Moratorium is to be<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reconsidered for extension at the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About e-Commerce Moratorium<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wto.org\/english\/tratop_e\/ecom_e\/thbnl_customs_video_e.jpg?resize=511%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"e-Commerce Moratorium\" width=\"511\" height=\"287\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>e-commerce moratorium<\/strong> is a<strong> global agreement among World Trade Organization members<\/strong> which<strong> bans customs duties being \u200bapplied to electronic transmissions<\/strong> such as digital downloads and streaming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>First \u200cadopted in:<\/strong> It was <strong>first \u200cadopted in 1998 at the WTO\u2019s Second Ministerial Conference<\/strong> in \u200b<strong>Geneva<\/strong> as part of a <strong>declaration to encourage early digital \u2060trade growth.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Coverage:<\/strong> It covers<strong> cross-border transmissions <\/strong>such as <\/span><strong>software downloads, e-books, music and movie streaming and video games.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Extension of moratorium:<\/strong> <strong>Originally<\/strong>, it was planned to be <strong>temporary<\/strong>, but the tariff moratorium has been<strong> renewed \u200croughly every two years at each WTO ministerial conference.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was<strong> most recently extended at the 13th Ministerial Conference (2024).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is to be reconsidered at the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>India\u2019s stand on extension:<\/strong> India believes that its extension would <strong>deprive it of tariff revenue to fund \u200cinfrastructure and close the digital divide.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u200bapplied to electronic transmissions such as digital downloads and streaming. 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