TiSA negotiators reported good progress in a marathon negotiation round that finished on 26 September. Michael Punke, the US’s chief negotiator said he hoped TiSA could be adopted early December. More on TiSA in the coming weeks. Next steps: 21 October 2016: deadline for tabling new market access offers 6-18 …
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Next steps for EGA
EGA negotiators have high hopes that the green goods deal in the WTO can be concluded this year. A 16th round of talks in Geneva last week brought reported progress. Some of the outstanding issues are explained by Peter Brun in his latest contribution for Borderlex. The planned next steps are the following: …
Will we see an Environmental Goods Agreement in 2016 ?
Chances that EGA, the WTO’s Environmental Goods Agreement, is concluded this year are high, argues Peter Brun. EGA wll bring many systemic benefits for the world trading system and for the climate. But there still are many difficult outstanding issues to resolve. The negotiations for an Environmental Goods Agreement …
EU could appeal WTO compliance ruling on long drawn-out Airbus subsidy case
The WTO largely condemned the EU for not complying with a 2010 ruling on its subsidies to is aircraft giant Airbus.
New TiSA leaks reveal trade treaty innovations, deep divisions
Wikileaks has leaked five negotiation texts pertaining to the Trade in Services Agreement process. The texts bear June and July 2016 dates and were presumably discussed during last round of negotiations in July in Geneva. The revealed texts are: the consolidated version of the core text of TiSA; an EU 30-page …
Report: TiSA needs to prepare for expansion to China, developing countries
A new report published by the German Development Institute calls on TiSA parties to pay closer attention to ensuring developing countries can join later and are not negatively affected by the deal.
Exclusive: EU delay in tabling data flow language in TiSA
The EU is running late in tabling its text on data flows in TiSA due to internal Commission wranglings over data privacy.
WTO Russia EU pork ban ruling: US doesn’t always see alike with EU
Russia’s ban on imports of pigmeat products brought to the WTO’s dispute settlement body by the EU in 2014 following an outbreak of African swine flu in Lithuania at the height of the Ukraine crisis, was a straight win for Brussels. But the case is far from being closed. What …
EGA talks see tariff endgame
Environmental Goods Agreement negotiations are starting to see a ‘landing zone’. The two year old talks among 17 WTO members over a tariff liberalisation deal on products deemed ‘environmental’ can be finalised this year, negotiators hope. The deal that covers renewable and clean energy products and components, equipment for water or …
TiSA – contentious issues outstanding as contours becoming visible
The EU Commission released a report on the last round of TiSA negotiations that took place early July in Geneva. The report reveals that the contours of TiSA are clearly taking shape. However, a read in between the lines shows that fundamental differences persist on a variety of topics. The …
