African, Caribbean, Pacific group prepares draft WTO e-commerce proposal

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of countries is preparing a proposal on e-commerce in advance of the next World Trade Organization ministerial that could include support for continuing a moratorium on e-commerce duties, according to a Geneva-based trade official. Barbados, speaking on behalf of the ACP, said the group was working on the draft during a Sept. 25 meeting on the e-commerce work program; they also expressed support for the moratorium, the official told Inside U.S. Trade in...