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Subject: succint report on meeting with business
Report on Meeting with ESF (28 April 2014)
A meeting with Members of the European Services Forum (ESF) took place on 28 April, in the
margins of the TiSA round. During this meeting the EU gave a general read-out of the latest
developments of the talks, focusing notably on next steps regarding market access and discussion
on regulatory disciplines. EFS Members asked several questions related to: the need of establishing
and promoting benchmarks on offers, Mode 4, ITC, domestic regulation and financial services.
Finally ESF Members also asked questions related to the compatibility of TiSA talks with the on-
going post-Bali process, the accession of China and Uruguay into the group and, more generally, the
overall strategy with regard to new comers and TiSA multilateralization.
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