19 members of the WTO, including US, agree among themselves not to impose duties on e-commerce


FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. ⁠and more than a dozen other countries including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Australia on Thursday launched their own ⁠pact to not impose duties on e-commerce after no agreement was reached to end deadlock with Brazil, a document ‌showed.

Brazil upheld its opposition to a four-year extension of a global deal at World Trade Organization talks in Geneva which concluded on Thursday. However, Turkey, which had previously been against it, dropped its opposition, a WTO spokesperson said.

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