Trade in Services Agreement
Today, Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 11:30am CEST, WikiLeaks releases new secret documents from the huge Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) which is being negotiated by the US, EU and 22 other countries that account for 2/3rds of global GDP.
This release includes a previously unknown annex to the TiSA core chapter on "State Owned Enterprises" (SOEs), which imposes unprecedented restrictions on SOEs and will force majority owned SOEs to operate like private sector businesses. This corporatisation of public services - to nearly the same extent as demanded by the recently signed TPP - is a next step to privatisation of SOEs on the neoliberal agenda behind the "Big Three" (TTIP,TiSA,TPP).
Other documents in todays release cover updated versions of annexes to TiSA core chapters that were published by WikiLeaks in previous releases; these updates show the advances in the confidential negotiations between the TiSA parties on the issues of Domestic Regulation, New Provisions, Transparency, Electronic Commerce, Financial Services, Telecommunication Services, Professional Services and the Movement of Natural Persons. WikiLeaks is also publishing expert analyses on some of these documents.
The annexes on Domestic Regulation, Transparency and New Provisions have further advanced towards the "deregulation" objectives of big corporations entering overseas markets. Local regulations like store size restrictions or hours of operations are considered an obstacle to achieve "operating efficiencies" of large-scale retailing, disregarding their public benefit that foster livable neighbors and reasonable hours of work for employees. The TiSA provisions in their current form will establish a wide range of new grounds for domestic regulations to be challenged by corporations - even those without a local presence in that country.
Read all press releases.May 2016 Publication
TiSA Texts
May 2016 publication of Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation.
| Document | Document Date | WikiLeaks Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Annex on State Owned Enterprises | October 6, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
| Analysis of TiSA Annex on State Owned Enterprises | May 25, 2016 | |
| Annex on Domestic Regulation | October 10, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
| Analysis of TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation | May 25, 2016 | |
| Annex on Electronic Commerce | May 25, 2016 | |
| Annex on Financial Services | September 25, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
| Annex on Movement of Natural Persons | July 6, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
| Annex on Professional Services | October 8, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
| Annex on Telecommunication Services | May 25, 2016 | |
| New provisions | May 25, 2016 | |
| Analysis of TiSA Annex on New Provisions | May 25, 2016 | |
| Transparency | October 15, 2015 | May 25, 2016 |
TiSA Related Documents
Other documents related to the TiSA negotiation process.
| Document | Document Date | WikiLeaks Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| TiSA Letter on handling of documents | May 25, 2015 | |
| TiSA November 2013 Agenda | Nov 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA February 2014 Agenda | Feb 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA April-May 2014 Agenda | April-May 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA June 2014 Agenda | June 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA September 2014 Agenda | Sep 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA December 2014 Schedule | Dec 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA December 2014 Agenda | Dec 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA December 2014 - Services Plurilateral Agreement | Dec 2014 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA February 2015 Agenda | Feb 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA February 2015 Schedule | Feb 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA April 2015 Agenda | April 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA July 2015 Agenda | July 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA July 2015 Delegation List | July 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA July 2015 Timetable | July 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA October 2015 Agenda | Oct 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA 2015 Workplan | May 25, 2015 | |
| TiSA December 2015 Agenda | Dec 2015 | May 25, 2015 |
| TiSA Calendar 2015 | May 25, 2015 | |
| TiSA Calendar 2016 | May 25, 2015 |
December 2015 Publication
TiSA Texts
December publication of Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation.
| Document | Document Date | WikiLeaks Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Related Services (ERS) Annex Proposal: Questions and Answers | December 2014 | December 03, 2015 |
| TiSA – Energy Related Services (Proposal by Norway/Iceland) | December 03, 2015 | |
| Expert analysis on Energy Related Services (ERS) Annex | December 03, 2015 | |
| Annex on Environmental Services | December 2014 | December 03, 2015 |
| Expert analysis on Trade in Environmental Services Annex | December 03, 2015 | |
| Annex on Road Freight Transport and Related Logistics Services | July 30, 2015 | December 03, 2015 |
| Expert Analysis on Road Freight Transport and Related Logistics Services. | December 03, 2015 | |
July 2015 Publication
TiSA Related Documents
| Agenda of Trade in Services Agreement - July Round |
TiSA Texts
July publication of Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation.
June 2015 Publication
TiSA Texts
Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation.
TiSA Market Analyses
Market Access Negotiations documents are requests for a schedule of commitments from one of the negotiating Parties to another.
| Document | Document Date | WikiLeaks Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| TiSA Market Access - Israel | January 25, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
| TiSA Market Access - Turkey | January 25, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
TiSA Related Documents
Other documents related to the TiSA negotiation process.
| Document | Document Date | WikiLeaks Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| TiSA Cover Note TPC (EU reservations) | February 19, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
| TiSA Japan Analysis of Committed Related Provisions | February 9, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
| TiSA Japan Separate From And Accountable | February 16, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
| TiSA Japan UPU Clarification on USO | November 28, 2014 | June 3, 2015 |
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