Official: EU Seeks More Ambitious Outcome On Services In TTIP Than TISA
The European Union is seeking to obtain commitments on services in a free trade agreement with the United States that go far beyond those that will be included in the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) being negotiated by the U.S., EU and more than 20 other countries in Geneva, according to a senior European Commission official. Speaking at the Oct. 30 Global Services Summit in Washington, Jean-Luc Demarty, the commission's director general for trade, said the EU wants to...