WTO talks in Brazil-US deadlock over ecommerce duties moratorium

WTO talks are deadlocked as Brazil faces off against the United States and several other countries seeking to extend a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions such as digital downloads, diplomats said on Sunday.

Negotiations to extend the moratorium – ​which is set to expire in March – by four years plus an additional buffer year to 2031 are stuck, even though a broader reform package appears close to a deal, a senior diplomat and two diplomats told Reuters.