U.S. negotiating positions on EGA, TISA and fisheries are now in Trump's hands

The incoming Trump administration will enter into a negotiating fray at the World Trade Organization and will likely decide the fate of three outstanding plurilateral negotiations: the Environmental Goods Agreement, the Trade in Services Agreement, and Fisheries Subsidies Agreement. The EGA and TISA talks failed to conclude by year’s end despite a concerted push by negotiators and the Obama administration to wrap them up, with the November election of Trump acting as a significant stumbling block to both sets of...