APEC Members Slash Tariffs on Environmental Goods, Group Says

February 4, 2016

Members of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) alliance have released documents detailing progress on implementing their joint pledge to cut applied tariffs to five percent or less by 2015 on environmentally-friendly goods contained under 54 product categories.

 

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Topics: NAIROBI MINISTERIAL WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ASIA-PACIFC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) IMPORT TARIFFS ENVIRONMENT

Regions: ASIA-PACIFIC

Authors: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ICTSD)

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