NAM Pushing EGA Benefits During Geneva Negotiations This Week
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and Coalition for Green Trade are attending the 14th Round of World Trade Organization Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) negotiations in Geneva this week to push all sides to develop a lofty agreement that eliminates…
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tariffs on a wide range of environmental goods and technologies by the September G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, NAM said (here). NAM pointed out that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ministers called for this ambitious timeline, singling out China as being particularly important to securing any meaningful progress. The manufacturing association is seeking tariff elimination on products including air pollution equipment, catalytic incinerators, energy efficiency materials, environmental monitoring equipment, renewable energy products and equipment, turbines for electrical power generation and water treatment equipment, it said. “An ambitious EGA is a high priority for the global business community,” NAM said. “The NAM urges all 17 WTO negotiating members to roll up their sleeves this week and forge a path to enable a successful September conclusion of this no-brainer agreement.”