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Trade In Electronic Commerce Services Under The Wto: The Need To Clearly Classify Electronic Transmissions As Services And Not Tariff-Liable, Ernesto A. Hernandez-Lopez
Trade In Electronic Commerce Services Under The Wto: The Need To Clearly Classify Electronic Transmissions As Services And Not Tariff-Liable, Ernesto A. Hernandez-Lopez
Ernesto A. Hernandez
Written in 2001, this essay asks: should the World Trade Organization (WTO) classify electronic transmissions as a service, and thus tariff-free under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), or should the WTO classify electronic transmissions as a good, and thus subject to tariffs under the General Agreement on Trade (GATT)?
First, for the sake of legal certainty, the WTO should take the appropriate steps to definitively classify electronic transmissions as a service and classify them as not tariff liable. Not tariff liable means a good is not subject to custom duties. Electronic transmission refers to "digitalized information transmitted …
Trade In Electronic Commerce Services Under The Wto: The Need To Clearly Classify Electronic Transmissions As Services And Not Tariff-Liable, Ernesto A. Hernandez-Lopez
Trade In Electronic Commerce Services Under The Wto: The Need To Clearly Classify Electronic Transmissions As Services And Not Tariff-Liable, Ernesto A. Hernandez-Lopez
Ernesto A. Hernandez
Written in 2001, this essay asks: should the World Trade Organization (WTO) classify electronic transmissions as a service, and thus tariff-free under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), or should the WTO classify electronic transmissions as a good, and thus subject to tariffs under the General Agreement on Trade (GATT)?
First, for the sake of legal certainty, the WTO should take the appropriate steps to definitively classify electronic transmissions as a service and classify them as not tariff liable. Not tariff liable means a good is not subject to custom duties. Electronic transmission refers to "digitalized information transmitted …