That is deadline time on twokey trade issues: renewal of the semiconductor arrangement and completion of the investigation into unfair competition for consumer film and photographic paper.
After about a dozen meetings, the two sides are far apart, with the key sticking issues being wages and a SAG proposal to require the employees to arbitrate discrimination and sexual harassment claims rather than file them in court.
Independent analysts who have examined the manifestos of Sri Lanka's two main parties argue that there is no significant difference between them on many keyissues.
And while the rising cost of public transport is one of the keyissues in the election, many analysts say the difference between the two men themselves will be the deciding factor for most of the city's 5 million registered voters.
So across the board, Kazakhstan has been a key leader on these issues and is appropriately going to be featured during the next two days at this nuclear security summit.