Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Trade in Services Agreement

Trade in Services Agreement

WikiLeaks releases today 17 secret documents from the ongoing TISA (Trade In Services Agreement) negotiations which cover the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & Israel -- which together comprise two-thirds of global GDP. "Services" now account for nearly 80 per cent of the US and EU economies and even in developing countries like Pakistan account for 53 per cent of the economy. While the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become well known in recent months in the United States, the TISA is the larger component of the strategic TPP-TISA-TTIP 'T-treaty trinity'. All parts of the trinity notably exclude the 'BRICS' countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 
Read the full press release here.

TiSA Texts
Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation.
DocumentDocument DateWikiLeaks Publication Date
TiSA Annex on Air Transport Services February 9, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Competitive Delivery Services April 16, 2014June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation February 20, 2014June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Electronic CommerceFebruary 20, 2013June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on International Maritime Transport ServicesFebruary 10, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Movement of Natural PersonsFebruary 13, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Professional ServicesFebruary 13, 2015June 3, 2015
TISA Annex on Telecommunications ServicesFebruary 20, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Financial Services February 23, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Transparency January 23, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on TransparencyApril 16, 2014June 3, 2015
TiSA Annex on Financial Services April 14, 2014June 19, 2014
TiSA Market Analyses
Market Access Negotiations documents are requests for a schedule of commitments from one of the negotiating Parties to another.
DocumentDocument DateWikiLeaks Publication Date
TiSA Market Access - IsraelJanuary 25, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Market Access - TurkeyJanuary 25, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Related Documents
Other documents related to the TiSA negotiation process.
DocumentDocument DateWikiLeaks Publication Date
TiSA Cover Note TPC (EU reservations)February 19, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Japan Analysis of Committed Related ProvisionsFebruary 9, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Japan Separate From And AccountableFebruary 16, 2015June 3, 2015
TiSA Japan UPU Clarification on USONovember 28, 2014June 3, 2015

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