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Uruguay withdraws from TiSA, strikes a symbolic blow against the trade deal ratchet
10-Sep-2015 Tech Dirt
TISA completes the unholy trinity of global trade agreements that also includes TPP and TAFTA/TTIP. Between the three of them, they sew up just about every aspect of trade in both goods and services — the latter being TISA’s particular focus.
Uruguay: governing coalition rejects TISA’s negotiations
7-Sep-2015 Tele Sur
The ruling progressivist coalition Broad Front overwhelmingly decided to withdraw Uruguay from the negotiations on the supra-national trade-deal TISA (Trade in Services Agreement).
TiSA and the new development bank: two antagonistic proposals
4-Sep-2015 El Destape Web
The central banks of BRICS bloc bet on the New Development Bank, while the central countries put their money on TiSA: free trade in services.
Newly released emails reveal cozy relationship between US trade officials and industry reps over secret TiSA deal
30-Aug-2015 Electronic Frontier Fondation
Multinational corporations have been more than thrilled to take advantage of secretive trade negotiations process to get their wish list of policies through the backdoor.
10,000 emails sent to Bolton Euro MP about trade agreement which could see American firms providing health and transport services in UK
26-Aug-2015 The Bolton News
North West MEP Afzal Khan says he has received more than 10,000 emails from constituents concerned about the proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Unions.
How TiSA strolls off with our services
26-Aug-2015 TNI
While TTIP is currently the center of attention, our world leaders discuss TiSA, an extensive service agreement meant to put (public) services, like the water supply, in the hands of the international market.
EEU to study free trade area agreement with Iran
26-Aug-2015 Tehran Times
The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission has decided to set up a joint research group to study the prospects of reaching a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Iran
Taiwan must open up service sector with TiSA’s arrival
24-Aug-2015 Want China Times
The Taiwanese government has turned its focus to the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) currently being negotiated by 25 countries and regions that account for 70% of the global trade in services.
TISA, TTIP, CETA, TPP : la mort du service public
21-Aug-2015 Acidus
Les partisans des libéralisations misent sur de nouveaux accords de libre-échange qui priveraient les Etats de leur capacité à fixer les règles du jeu et accéléreraient le démontage du service public.
Zeybekci suggests renewal of FTA with Serbia, BiH
19-Aug-2015 Daily Sabah
Turkey is ready to the fullest extent to expand the free trade agreements to the service, public, food, agriculture and e-commerce sectors
RCEP - draft chapter on trade in services (Aug 2015)
5-Aug-2015 RCEP Legal
As leaked on RCEP Legal
TTIP, CETA, TISA and public services
5-Aug-2015 War on Want
What is the threat from free trade agreements to public services?
Protestors slam controversial trade talks in Geneva
9-Jul-2015 swissinfo
In Geneva, members of the STOP TISA movement, unions, left-wing activists and social movements protested in front of the headquarters of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization on Wednesday evening denouncing the trade deal.
TiSA Round 13: decision-time on key negotiating items
6-Jul-2015 Bordelex
Negotiations towards a plurilateral trade in services agreement (TiSA) are entering a decisive moment as the 13th round of talks in Geneva this week is to determine what items to drop from the negotiating list, reports Bordelex.
WikiLeaks publishes four more TiSA documents
3-Jul-2015 WikiLeaks
On 2 July, WikiLeaks publshed four more chapters from the secret ongoing TiSA (Trade in Services Agremeent) negotiations, ahead of the next negotiating round on Monday: Electronic Commerce, Telecommunications Services, Financial Services and Maritime Transport Services.
TiSA - draft annex on international maritime transport services (April 2015)
2-Jul-2015 Wikileaks
Leaked by Wikileaks
WikiLeaks releases Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Core Text
2-Jul-2015 Scoop
WikiLeaks has released a modern journalistic holy grail, the secret Core Text for the largest ’trade deal’ in history, the Trade In Services Agreement, one week before the next TiSA negotiating round
TiSA - draft annex on government procurement (April 2015)
1-Jul-2015 Wikileaks
Leaked by Wikileaks
TiSA - draft annex on movement of natural persons (April 2015)
1-Jul-2015 Wikileaks
Leaked by Wikileaks
TiSA - draft annex on domestic regulation (April 2015)
1-Jul-2015 Wikileaks
Leaked by Wikileaks