DelBene Concerned WTO E-Commerce Talks Won't Result in Good Deal
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., is worried the participation of “so many countries” at the World Trade Organization in e-commerce talks -- including China -- will mean the result won't be a high-standard agreement. The House Ways and Means Committee member…
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who also leads on trade in the New Democrat Coalition, DelBene represents a western Washington district that includes Microsoft headquarters. During a Washington International Trade Association interview Wednesday, she agreed tax policy should be rethought, and no longer so focused on physical goods, but said digital services taxes proposed in Europe are discriminatory. She said negotiations at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development need to be given time to work. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies next week in virtual hearings by the Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee.