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Sources: China's EGA Product Coverage Commitments Lagging

April 26, 2016 at 2:22 PM
China is willing to consider eliminating tariffs on far fewer products than the majority of participants negotiating a World Trade Organization plurilateral Environmental Goods Agreement, putting a major brake on progress in the talks, according to Geneva sources. There are between 350 and 360 products under discussion by the majority of EGA members for inclusion on the final list of goods on which tariffs would be completely eliminated under the agreement. But as of the conclusion of the 13th round...


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