TISA Officials See Hurdles Ahead In Push To Conclude Deal This Year

Senior officials from Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) countries late last week acknowledged that in order to meet their stated goal of striking a deal by the end of the year they will have to make hard decisions on the scope of the agreement, the timing of revised market access offers, and how to tackle thus far insurmountable differences on the core text of the agreement. In a one-hour meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, the senior officials conveyed...