EU To Table Services Offer Before TTIP Round, Without Financial Services

The European Commission plans to table its services market access offer in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) before the next round of negotiations to be held in Brussels in mid-July, but it will not include proposed commitments in the financial services sector, according to informed sources. The key elements of the EU offer -- which will be based on a positive list of affirmative commitments for specific sectors -- are largely reflected in a draft EU services offer...