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Hong Kong - New milestone in liberalisation of trade in services under CEPA
19-Sep-2016 Conventus Law
Under the framework of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (“CEPA”), several developments have been made in the area of trade in services.
WikiLeaks releases new secret TiSA documents
15-Sep-2016 Wikileaks
WikiLeaks releases new secret documents from the controversial Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) currently being negotiated by the US, EU and 22 other countries that account for over 2/3rds of global GDP.
TiSA - draft core text, chapters and annexes (June, July 2016)
15-Sep-2016 Wikileaks
As leaked by Wikileaks
Emergency services turn life-threatening under US private equity owners — and a global Trade in Services Agreement would globalize the damage
31-Aug-2016 IUF
Vital public services like firefighting and ambulances are being handed over to a small number of transnational companies worldwide, a trend that will be hugely boosted by TPP, TTIP, CETA and TiSA.
RCEP - 9th meeting of Working Group on Trade in Services - Summary of discussion (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Matrix of submission of elements for the RCEP Trade in Services text (2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Brief snapshots of countries’ initial offers (2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Investment chapter - Indonesia proposal on Prudential Measures (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Financial services - Submission by AU, JP and KO (Aug 2015)
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Services - NZ initial sectoral request lists (Oct 2015)
11-Aug-2016
Requests to Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Viet Nam, dated October 2015
RCEP services chapter: Risks for developing countries’ and LDCs’ policy space and regulatory sovereignty
11-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
The leaked RCEP services chapter from August 2015 shows the non-ASEAN countries, especially Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan, have been very aggressive in their demands and insisted on new ways to bind the hands of governments in the future.
The British service sector: potential UK-China free trade agreement
11-Aug-2016 Global Intelligence Trust
On August 2, the Chinese ministry of commerce expressed willingness to jointly conduct a feasibility study for a UK-China FTA
TiSA talks going nowhere fast
28-Jul-2016 Politico
Parties are still considering a number of new proposals and avoiding discussions on some important subjects.
RCEP - trade in services chapter: proposal for a ratchet (August 2015)
25-Jul-2016
1 page proposal by Australia, Korea & New Zealand as of 4 August 2015.
RCEP - trade in services chapter: Australian proposal re-scheduling value added elements (July 2015)
25-Jul-2016
This 1 page submission dated 31 July 2015.
RCEP - trade in services chapter: Australian & Japanese transparency proposal (August 2015)
25-Jul-2016
This 1 page submission dated 5 August 2015.
RCEP - trade in services chapter: summary of 9th round of negotiations (August 2015)
25-Jul-2016
Minutes of services chapter negotiations at the 9th RCEP negotiating round (August 2015)
RCEP - trade in services chapter: positions on value-add elements (August 2015)
25-Jul-2016
ASEAN versus other RCEP country positions on value-add elements in RCEP services chapter
RCEP - trade in services chapter negotiating text (August 2015)
25-Jul-2016
RCEP services chapter consolidated negotiating text as of 5 August 2015.
TiSA hitting an EU roadblock?
25-Jul-2016 Politico
A massive trade in services deal is running into roadblocks from the European Union.