ETA Voices Opposition to Tariffs on Cash Registers and Point-of-Sale Devices in Testimony Before the United States Trade Representative

Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:

The Electronic Transactions Association (“ETA” or “the Company”) respectfully submits these written
comments in the above-referenced matter. These comments are submitted in response to the notice
published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2019,1 which requires that these comments be submitted no
later than June 17, 2019. Accordingly, these comments are timely.

A. Who We Are

The ETA is the global trade association of the payments technology industry. ETA represents over 500
companies involved in electronic transactions processing products and services. ETA’s membership spans
the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations, payments networks,
financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments
technologies, software providers and hardware suppliers.

Last year our members processed nearly seven trillion dollars in electronic payments. That figure applies
to payments processed in North America alone. As more than 70 percent of U.S. gross domestic product
is retail spending, and the vast majority of that is via electronic payments, our members play a significant
role in the continued success of the U.S. economy.

Read ETA’s full comments here.