WTO e-commerce plurilateral: ‘Technical’ talks wrap up, domestic push starts

Participants in the plurilateral e-commerce talks at the World Trade Organization have largely concluded their “technical” negotiations and will focus on domestic political consultations to close final gaps, according to the co-conveners of the talks. Australia, Japan and Singapore, the co-conveners, said at the close of the latest round of negotiations last week that the session marked the transition to the “final decision-making phase,” as a WTO readout of the meeting states. The e-commerce talks, known as a joint statement...