Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 04/2015

The Trade in Services Agreement: Plurilateral Progress or Game-Changing Gamble?

Patricia Goff

January 2015

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Abstract

This paper examines the negotiations toward the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Just as it has become commonplace to ask whether regional agreements advance economic and political agendas, so is it useful to explore the promise and peril of plurilateral agreements such as TiSA.