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By Peter Ungphakorn
POSTED MARCH 6, 2024 | UPDATED MARCH 6, 2024
More details have emerged explaining what happened in talks between some participants in the plurilateral agreement on services domestic regulation and objectors India and South Africa, leading to the objections being dropped.
The story is told in the minutes of the multilateral (WTO-wide) working party handling domestic regulation in services. The minutes are still restricted but will be public in a few months. A leaked copy is here.
They show that South Africa and India had already told WTO members they would drop their objections several weeks before their formal announcements.
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