WTO: No Breakthrough for Environmental Goods Agreement

AGREEMENT, SETTING STAGE FOR FURTHER TALKS Ministers and senior officials from the 18 participants in the Environmental Goods Agreement (representing 46 WTO members) met in Geneva this weekend to work towards liberalising trade on a range of important environmental goods. Constructive talks were held and progress was made, but participants were not in a position to close the existing gaps at this point. The intensive discussions set the stage for further talks in the near future.

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