Inside Trade

November 16, 2025

Officials: Brazil rethinking its position on the WTO e-commerce moratorium

By Margaret Spiegelman  / September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to clarify that an official describing the rethinking was referring to the country’s position on making the moratorium permanent. GENEVA -- Brazil is reconsidering its position on a moratorium on e-commerce duties that the U.S. and some other World Trade Organization members want to make permanent, according to two sources here. Members established the prohibition as a temporary measure in 1998 as part of an ongoing work program on e-commerce and have...

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