WTO talks stalled going into final day amid US-India ecommerce deadlock

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Talks to reform the World Trade Organisation and extend a moratorium to not impose customs duties on electronic transmissions such as digital downloads entered their ?final day on Sunday with no breakthrough yet in sight, diplomats said. Trade ?ministers are working at a WTO meeting in Cameroon to close the gap between the United ?States and India over extending the ecommerce moratorium due to expire this month, three diplomats told Reuters. Extending the moratorium is seen as a test for the WTO’s relevance, following a year of tariff-fuelled trade turmoil and major disruptions due to the West Asia conflict. India…