Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:53
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Reuters: China and the United States have reached a breakthrough in talks on eliminating duties on information technology products, a deal that could pave the way for the first major tariff-cutting agreement at the World Trade Organisation in 17 years.
The breakthrough would allow the “swift conclusion” on talks to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) at the WTO in Geneva later this year, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman told reporters on Tuesday. It would reduce global tariffs on such products as medical equipment, GPS devices, video games consoles and next-generation semiconductors.
“This is encouraging news for the U.S.-China relationship,” Froman said on the sidelines of meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit (APEC) in Beijing.
“It shows how the U.S. and China work together to both advance our bilateral economic agenda but also to support the multilateral trading system.”
