YAOUNDE, CAMEROON –
World Trade Organization talks ended deadlocked on Monday as Brazil blocked a bid by the United States and other countries to secure an extension to a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions such as digital downloads, diplomats said.
The talks at a WTO meeting in Cameroon were seeking to bridge differences over extending the e-commerce moratorium, and agree to a plan for broader reform of the organization.
Ministers there had been trying to extend the moratorium, which is due to expire this month, by four years plus an additional buffer year to 2031, diplomats said.
