EU accused of not cutting tariffs on tech imports

(Reuters) - Japan, Taiwan and the United States on Wednesday accused the European Union of failing to abolish taxes on some electronic hardware imports, despite being told to do so by the World Trade Organization, sources said.

The three countries launched a complaint against the EU three years ago, saying the bloc had broken the global Information Technology Agreement by putting import duties on flat-panel displays, television set-top boxes and multifunction printer-copiers.

U.S. trade officials estimated EU imports of the three products amounted to $7 billion in 2009.