The EU and 17 stakeholder countries in the plurilateral negotiations that are being held on the side-lines of the WTO for an agreement on the liberalisation of environmental goods (EGA) will attempt to reach a final agreement at the ministerial meeting in Geneva on 3 and 4 December, by trying to come to an understanding on the list of goods that will be covered by the agreement.
The objective of the EGA is to remove the customs duties on a raft of goods and technologies that are...