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U.S. remains silent as WTO members look for ways to resume EGA talks

June 22, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Some negotiators of the plurilateral Environmental Goods Agreement are calling for a resumption of talks after trade ministers could not seal a deal last December, but the United States has yet to take a stance on the tariff-cutting agreement, Geneva sources said. Eleven of 18 countries participating in the EGA talks made statements at a June 20 WTO Trade and Environment Committee meeting, most calling for talks to pick back up, sources said. Negotiations froze after China at the December...

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