EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto

EU wants pragmatic and flexible framework for negotiations on e-commerce

Brussels, 13/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

In Geneva, where a round of plurilateral negotiations on e-commerce (‘digital trade’) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see EUROPE B12252A7) is taking place from 13 to 15 May, the European Union stressed on Monday 13 May the importance of setting up “a pragmatic negotiating framework” to ensure that these talks lead to a sufficiently ambitious outcome. 

The Union recalled its strategic objectives of 1) negotiating a set of WTO rules and obligations of commercial interest that...