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ASR Calls For Delay To India’s New Digital Tax

April 30, 2020 By Jane Drake-Brockman

29 April 2020: ASR joined a global coalition of nine business associations in a letter to India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking delay in implementation of the recent expansion of India’s Equalisation Levy, in order to hold formal stakeholder consultations on the measure and allow for ongoing OECD negotiations to continue. The letter notes that the limited timeframe within which India’s expansive new levy was approved and took effect allowed for […]

Filed Under: ASR Connect, Digital Trade

Global Industry Urges E-Commerce Agreement, Permanent Moratorium on E-Duties

October 10, 2019 By Jane Drake-Brockman

Two major statements, on the WTO e-commerce negotiations and the immanent expiry of the WTO e-commerce moratorium, have been released by the Global Services Coalition and a “Global Industry” multi-association coalition. For the first time, the GSC has managed to attract signatories from two ASEAN business groups,  The Singapore Business Federation and the Indonesian Services […]

Filed Under: Digital Trade

Global Services Coalition letter to Indian PM Narendra Modi: concerns over mandatory data localisation

November 28, 2018 By Jane Drake-Brockman

Global Services Coalition letter to Indian PM Narendra Modi: concerns over mandatory data localisation

To: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cc: The Honorable Urjit Patel, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; The Honorable Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Re: Data Localization Requirements in India’s Draft Privacy Law and Reserve Bank of India Circular on Electronic Payments The Global Services Coalition (GSC) represents the […]

Filed Under: Digital Trade

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