Tech groups warn of threats to WTO e-commerce moratorium

Major technology industry associations are warning that the expiration of the World Trade Organization’s moratorium on e-commerce duties at the end of the year could lead to onerous compliance costs and harm e-commerce companies. Trade associations have also flagged digital services taxes and other countries’ data localization policies as concerns they hope the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will address in its next National Trade Estimate report on foreign trade barriers. Comments on the report were due last week;...