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Ecom tariff: India open to longer moratorium
Business Standard
|April 03, 2026
This will give businesses greater predictability, says Goyal
India has signalled a softening of stance at the recently concluded 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), indicating openness to a “longer” extension of the moratorium on ecommerce tariffs to provide more predictability for businesses.
Most developed countries, including the United States (US), want the moratorium to be made permanent. The US has been pushing strongly to make the ecommerce duty moratorium permanent, while India is willing to accept only a temporary extension.
On Thursday, however, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said: “India’s stand (at the MC14) was that we should look at a little longer period so that businesses can plan their activities for a longer period.”
This story is from the April 03, 2026 edition of Business Standard.
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