The World Trade Organization failed to extend a ban on e-commerce tariffs at its 14th ministerial conference, as at least one member opposed US efforts to make the moratorium permanent.
After four days of talks in Cameroon’s capital of Yaoundé, Cameroon’s Minister of Trade Luc-Magloire Mbarga Atangana, who served as the chair of MC14, said “we ran out of time” on issues including the existing moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions.
