On Friday 23 September, Euroean Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom said that it was possible that the two multilateral negotiations involving the EU on the sidelines of the WTO could be concluded before the end of 2016: firstly, the negotiations for an international agreement on trade in services (TiSA) and secondly, negotiations for an agreement on the liberalisation of environmental goods (EGA).
"Those two agreements are in progress. It will be possible to conclude both of them...