Information Technology Agreement and its 2015 Expansion (1996–2015)

1. WTO ministers launch IT tariff-free initiative

   Dec 13, 1996Labels: WTO Ministerial, Information Technology

   • WTO ITA
   • IISD Report

2. ITA declaration sets product coverage and modality

   Dec 13, 1996Labels: ITA Declaration, WTO Ministers

   • ITA Declaration
   • WTO ITA

3. Participants submit schedules to implement ITA

   Mar 1, 1997Labels: Participants, Tariff Schedules

   • WTO 1997 Note

4. Information Technology Agreement enters into force

   Jul 1, 1997Labels: Information Technology, WTO Members

   • WTO ITA
   • ITA Overview

5. Duty-free coverage becomes a baseline for IT trade

   Jan 1, 2000Labels: Duty-free Baseline, Computers and

   • WTO ITA
   • Trade gov ITA

6. WTO marks ITA’s growth and broad coverage

   Jan 1, 2012Labels: WTO, ITA Expansion

   • WTO Brief
   • WTO ITA

7. Negotiations begin to expand ITA product scope

   May 1, 2012Labels: Negotiations, Product Scope

   • DFAT ITA
   • WTO ITA

8. Members agree on expanded list of 201 products

   Jul 24, 2015Labels: Expanded Product, Negotiators

   • WTO ITA
   • Bennett Jones

9. Nairobi conference concludes ITA expansion deal

   Dec 16, 2015Labels: Nairobi Ministerial, ITA Expansion

   • USTR Release
   • Singapore MTI
   • WTO ITA

10. 2015 expansion closes 1996–2015 ITA update cycle

    Dec 18, 2015Labels: ITA Update, 2015 Expansion

    • WTO ITA
    • WTO News 2016

11. Expansion commitments roll out on phased schedules

    Jan 1, 2016Labels: Implementation Schedules, Participants

    • WTO News 2016
    • WTO ITA

12. WTO tracks and updates technical product coverage

    Jan 1, 2017Labels: WTO Product, Harmonized System

    • WTO Data
    • WTO ITA