
WTO under pressure to keep moratorium on e-commerce tariffs
Tech players say dropping the WTO exemption will undermine a global recovery. Developing countries say the exemption is unfair to them. Read more…
Tech players say dropping the WTO exemption will undermine a global recovery. Developing countries say the exemption is unfair to them. Read more…
US lawmakers urge the USTR to push during WTO meetings this week for an extension of a moratorium on tariffs on digital trade. Read more…
Apple Inc asked the Trump administration to waive tariffs on Chinese-made Apple Watches, iPhone components and other consumer products. Read more…
Trump said Apple CEO, Tim Cook, “made a good case” that tariffs could hurt Apple, given that Samsung’s products would not be subject to those same tariffs. Read more…
Tencent Holdings, the world’s largest gaming company by revenue, warned on Wednesday of a difficult economic environment Read more…
China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s largest PC maker, warned it will have to raise product prices if US tariffs increase. Read more…
Donald Trump backed off his Sept. 1 deadline for 10% tariffs on some Chinese imports, delaying duties on cellphones, laptops and other consumer goods. Read more…
One minute we are open and global and anyone can play and the next we are surrounded by sanctions and increased tariffs and an uncertain future., Read more…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India said on Thursday it will raise import tariffs on several electronic items and communication devices, in another move to rein in imports and bolster a falling rupee. The tariff hike, Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon to Toyota Motor Corp and Alcoa are working to counter the effect of the Trump administration’s trade policies and to head off new Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Information technology products, from cellphones to personal computers, have largely escaped the latest salvo of US-China trade measures despite accounting for a significant portion of bilateral trade. The office of the US Read more…
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