WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/78
9February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0467)
Original: English General Council
19February 1998
GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Proposal bytheUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 6February 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Currently,noMemberoftheWTOconsiderselectronictransmissionsasimportationsforcustoms
duties purposes and,thus,notoneimposes customs duties onthem. TheUnited States delegation would
liketoinscribe ontheagenda oftheGeneral Council theproposal thatWTO Members should agree
tocontinue thiscurrent practice sothattheabsence ofcustoms duties onelectronic transmissions would
remain. TheUnited States willbemaking astatement attheGeneral Council ’smeeting of
19February 1998.
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