Progress Slows As EGA Negotiators Slog Through Most Sensitive Items
Negotiations on a World Trade Organization plurilateral Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) are slowing as the debate over a final list of goods focuses on the most sensitive products for members, according to sources in Geneva and the European Commission. To grapple with this, EGA negotiators at the 12th round of talks -- held from March 2-4 -- devised a rough negotiating schedule through June and have committed to concluding the agreement in 2016, the sources said. According to those sources,...