Breakthrough on tech tariff-cutting agreement
Trade negotiators tentatively agree to eliminate tariffs on an array of technology products valued at US$1 trillion worth of global commerce
Washington
TRADE negotiators tentatively agreed on Saturday to eliminate tariffs on an array of technology products valued at US$1 trillion worth of global commerce.
The breakthrough towards the World Trade Organization's Information Technology Agreement took place at an ambassadors' meeting at the European Union embassy in Geneva.
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