Asia-Pacific services group calls for more participation in WTO e-commerce deal

A coalition of Asia-Pacific services organizations is urging Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members to sign on to the e-commerce plurilateral agreement struck last month by roughly 80 World Trade Organization members, arguing that the deal is essential to the WTO’s credibility. The co-conveners of the negotiations -- Australia, Japan and Singapore -- last month issued a stabilized text they hope will be incorporated into the WTO framework. The U.S. has been a part of the e-commerce negotiations since they launched in...