ITA Tariff Phaseouts Due for Fall Negotiations, Says Canadian Spokesman
The tariff phase-out schedule for products included in Information Technology Agreement expansion will be negotiated “this fall,” said a spokesman for the Canadian Trade Department on July 28. The eighty-one countries to the ITA pact finalized the terms of expansion…
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in recent days (see 1507240020). Expansion aims to eliminate $1 trillion in global duties on high-tech goods (see 1507200026). The expansion list covers roughly 200 products across the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, ranging from adhesives to filtering machinery to electromagnets (here). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative didn't respond for comment.