services

TISA proposes new global rules on data flows and safe harbors

25-Oct-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Trade in Services Agreement contains many provisions that are a virtual copy-and-paste out of the TPP’s Electronic Commerce chapter.

Hazards ahead for TiSA talks

24-Oct-2016 Politico

The odds of the Trade in Services Agreement wrapping up by year’s end have grown longer after a mini ministerial meeting revealed a number of issues remain far from resolved

Civil society urges EU leaders to protect citizens’ data in trade agreements

24-Oct-2016 EDRi

“EU leaders must protect individuals’ personal information and privacy. The best way to do this is by not including data flows in trade agreements.”

TiSA agreement leaks show corporations pushing privatization of public services

20-Oct-2016 TRNN

The latest leaks of teh Trade in Services Agreement show prohibitions on requiring foreign companies to employ local workers, says Deborah James

Newly leaked TISA texts expose the scope of the corporate power grab

17-Oct-2016 IUF

"It’s time to halt the negotiations, publish the secret texts and ensure the widest possible public debate to expose the full extent of the threat these treaties pose to democracy and the labour movement," international trade union organizations say.

Hopes high as services negotiators enter final sprint

16-Oct-2016 Bloomberg

After their high-level Washington, D.C., meeting on Oct. 16-17, TiSA negotiators will next meet on the sidelines of an Oct. 21-22 WTO “mini-ministerial” meeting in Oslo.

TiSA - bilateral market access request by the European Union (June 2016)

14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks

As leaked by WikiLeaks

TiSA - draft annex on localisation provisions (June 2016)

14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks

As leaked by WikiLeaks

TiSA - draft annex on financial services (27 June 2016)

14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks

As leaked by WikiLeaks

Asymmetrical ambition levels make TiSA talks outcome complicated

7-Oct-2016 SUNS

Prospects for an outcome in the controversial plurilateral talks on Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) by the end of this year appear grim and complicated.

Commission publishes new proposals for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) in ongoing transparency drive

6-Oct-2016 EIN

The European Commission is publishing two new proposals tabled during the 20th round of talks for a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), which took place in Geneva.

TiSA - draft dispute settlement chapter, administrative and institutional provisions (EU proposal, Sep 2016)

6-Oct-2016 European Commission

As released by the European Commission

India inches towards liberalisation at RCEP

3-Oct-2016 East Asia Forum

In a move likely to inject momentum into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks, India has indicated it is willing to compromise on its three-tiered tariff schedule.

Cloud providers draw battle lines against TISA, will keep personal data in the EU

28-Sep-2016 Ars Tecnica

A new coalition of cloud companies has published a code of conduct to keep European data inside Europe, just as the issue looks set to become one of the most hotly contested points in the controversial Trade in Services Agreement (TISA).

Ministers aim to wrap up services trade deal in early December

27-Sep-2016 Reuters

Countries negotiating an international agreement on trade in services plan to meet in early December to try to finalize the deal

TiSA leaks set alarm bells ringing

21-Sep-2016 EDRi

TiSA is the perfect example on how the new generation of trade agreements is threatening our security and privacy online and non-discriminatory internet access.

TiSA - draft texts and documents (2013-2016)

20-Sep-2016 Greenpeace

As leaked by Greenpeace

Global trade deal threatens Paris climate goals, leaked documents show

20-Sep-2016 The Guardian

Controversial Trade in Services Agreement (Tisa) could make it harder for governments to favour clean energy over fossil fuels as part of efforts to keep temperature rises to 1.5C