Robb Acknowledges Talks On EGA List Will Continue Into 2016
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb, the chairman of the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) talks, on Monday (Dec. 14) acknowledged that work is still ongoing to finalize a draft list of products to be covered by the plurilateral tariff-cutting initiative and that talks will continue into 2016. In a chair's statement issued on the eve of the World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Robb claimed there has been "a high degree of convergence in many areas" on the draft...