WTO members pressing for multilateral outcome on domestic services regulations

Members of the World Trade Organization are hoping to soon table a negotiating text on domestic services regulations as they push for a multilateral outcome by the WTO's 11th ministerial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next month. Proponents of an outcome on domestic services regulation are not focusing on a plurilateral approach, sources said, despite WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo's suggestion that a plurilateral could be an option if a multilateral outcome cannot be achieved at the ministerial. One source said...