EU, Ahead Of New Round, Floats Text On TISA Dispute Settlement Without Appeal

In advance of the negotiating round for a Trade In Services Agreement that kicked off today (July 8), the European Union proposed a text on dispute settlement that does not reflect the EU's previous demand for a dispute settlement system with an appeals process, according to informed sources. The EU decided to forgo including the appeals process in its non-paper on dispute settlement because it wanted to avoid the extended discussion it would have likely generated. This could have delayed...