WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The World Trade Organization (WTO) 14th Ministerial Conference in Cameroon will provide opportunities to advance U.S. trade priorities. However, the international organization's structure and rules impair its ability to be fully effective in promoting fair treatment of U.S. workers and producers, witnesses warned at a Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing.
Republican and Democrat Members of the Committee expressed support for a permanent e-commerce customs duty moratorium: a ban on tariffs on data, that remains a point of contention among nations at the WTO. If left unaddressed, such tariffs would uniquely harm the Un...