Some TISA negotiators quietly raise prospect of excluding EU from deal

Some parties to the Trade in Services Agreement are beginning to explore the possibility of concluding a deal without the European Union because of questions over the EU's ability to ratify a finalized deal and its continued deadlock with the United States over new services and data flows, according to multiple sources. Exluding the EU from TISA could be a longshot for many reasons, including time pressures felt by the U.S. to conclude the deal this year and a general...