Global tech on edge as WTO weighs e-commerce tariffs


FILE PHOTO Optical fiber cables for internet providers are seen running into a Enel Group server room in Perugia Italy June 23 2017. Picture taken June 23 2017.   REUTERSAlessandro BianchiFile PhotoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Optical fiber cables for internet providers are seen running into a Enel Group server room in Perugia, Italy, June 23, 2017. Picture taken June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -The global technology industry is pressing the World Trade Organization to exempt data flows from cross-border tariffs, saying a failure to do so would undermine a global recovery already threatened by spiralling prices.

The WTO's 164 members presented their views on the topic on Wednesday as negotiations at the ministerial conference ran into overtime amid growing pessimism about deals. [L1N2Y20M8]

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