Group of WTO states agrees not to impose e-commerce duties

GENEVA, April 2 (Reuters) - A group of states have agreed not to impose e-commerce customs duties among themselves after World Trade Organization members failed to agree on an extension to a long-running moratorium, a document showed on Thursday.

The 23 countries who signed the agreement included the United States, Britain, Japan and Mexico. The WTO has 166 members and requires consensus for global negotiations to be concluded.