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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European tariffs on three categories of high-tech goods, including flat-panel computer monitors and some printers.
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab says the EU is "effectively taxing innovation."
The Information Technology Industry Council, a trade association, says the duties are as high as 14 percent and make U.S. exports less competitive in the European Union. The group's members include Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Cisco Systems.
The complaint is strongly supported by the U.S. high-tech industry. It charges that the EU's duties violate a 1996 WTO agreement that eliminated tariffs on information technology equipment.
"The EU is effectively taxing innovation," U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Wednesday.
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