The last-minute conclusion of a free trade pact for information technology goods – the ITA2 – is lifting the mood at the ongoing WTO Ministerial in Nairobi. By Iana Dreyer. (Photo: WTO. During press conference at Nairobi, 16 December 2015). ***
Tag: ITA-II
Analysis: Elusive environment and ICT ‘plurilaterals’ – can the trade negotiation machinery deliver at all?
Hopes that the 10th WTO Ministerial conference in Nairobi next week would seal the comeback of multilateral trade talks are waning. Is the WTO having a ‘China problem’ rather than a DDA format problem? Recent troubles with plurilaterals like the ITA-2 and Environmental Goods Agreement would indicate so. That complicates …
Information technology trade talks falter at WTO
[sh_light_text ]Hopes that negotiations to update to the 1997 WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) could be concluded this week were dashed today. Differences between China and Korea over the inclusion of LCD screens proved to be unbridgeable, despite significant progress during the latest round of EU-hosted ITA-II talks. D Ravi Kanth …
Information technology: ITA-II progress in sight ahead of WTO General Council meeting
[sh_light_text ]The European Union will host starting on December 4 the next round of ITA talks, ahead of the next WTO General Council on 10 December in Geneva. There is confidence a deal can struck after the US and China reached an agreement to overcome their differences last month. But …
