TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
STRUCTURED
DISCUSSIONS (TESSD)
INFORMAL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
HELD ON
12-13 MAY 2025
SUMMARY OF
DISCUSSIONS[1]
[1] This summary provides a non-exhaustive, illustrative summary of the
issues addressed by Members, prepared and circulated under the responsibility
of the Co-convenors Canada (represented by Richard Tarasofsky) and Costa
Rica (represented by Ana Lizano), as well as the Facilitators chairing the
meetings: Ben Rake (United Kingdom) and Gabriel Bautista (Philippines) for
the Working Group on Environmental Goods and Services; Takaaki Sashida (Japan) and Nur
Çağrı Karabağ (Türkiye) for the Working Group on
Circular Economy – Circularity; Jooyoung Lee (Korea) and
Tiffany Smith (Israel) for the Working Group on Subsidies; and Jean-Marie
Meraldi (Switzerland) for the Working Group on Trade-related Climate Measures.