Why TISA Is More Scary Than TTIP Or TPPA

Why TISA Is More Scary Than TTIP Or TPPA

Posted by M Caulfield June 21, 2014

On Wednesday, June 18th, 2014, WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange announced the publication of a secret draft letter of the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA). TISA is a controversial global trade agreement which brings with it concerns that it will make it easier for corporations to operate and profit across borders with impunity.

This global trade agreement, promoted by the United States and the European Union, covers 50 countries and is being opposed by anti-globalization activists and global trade unions. The TISA deal is expected to promote privatization of public services in countries across the world, and ease regulations in other sectors.

According to WikiLeaks, the level of secrecy surrounding these trade negotiations is even higher than the also controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) or the Atlantic equivalent (the TTIP), which have been headline news for much of this year.

Jane Kelsey, a law professor at the University of Auckland who analyzed the leaked documents for WikiLeaks, says that the secrecy of these TISA negotiations “exceeds even the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership and runs counter to moves in the WTO towards greater openness.”

In April, demonstrations broke out in Geneva, the hometown of the WTO, as diplomats met secretly for the sixth round of negotiations over TISA, which will regulate international activities in a wide range of service industries such as finance, telecommunications, transportation, as well as local utilities such as water. The protestors were demanding that the draft text be released publically for discussion, but it has remained a secret until now.

One group that is very concerned about TISA is Public Services International(PSI), a global trade union that federates public service workers in 150 different countries. PSI issued a special report titled “TISA versus Public Services,” and in it they explain that TISA threatens to allow multinational corporations to permanently privatize vital public services such as transportation and health care in countries all around the world.

PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli says that “This agreement is all about making it easier for corporations to make profits and operate with impunity across borders. The aim of public services should not be to make profits for large multinational corporations. Ensuring that failed privatizations can never be reversed is free-market ideology gone mad.”

Just because TISA is being pushed as a something that will enhance global trade does not mean this is pro capitalism or will benefit any of us. Free trade, and the entire ideology of responsible freedom itself, is individualistic in nature and tends to avoid forcing people to pick any specific option. Forcing local governments to privatize their water has nothing to do with freedom, although it does have something to do with capitalism’s influence on government. Such a top-down approach of a “world” organization setting up regulations that people must be forced to follow.

These “free trade” and “service” agreements, reminiscent of the North American Free Trade Agreement, have absolutely nothing to do with free trade or improving quality or services. As Noam Chomsky said more than 10 years ago, “the major tendency is towards transfer of power to private tyranny and away from the public sphere.. It’s happening in different countries at different rates, it’s happening internationally, and I think that’s going to be very harmful to values that we ought to share, like democracy.”

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Wiki leaks marker:

Trade in Services Agreement

Today, Wednesday July 2, 2015 at 1500 CEST, WikiLeaks continues publishing documents from the secret ongoing TiSA (Trade in Services Agremeent) negotiations, with four Chapters in key areas ahead of the next negotiating round on Monday: Electronic Commerce,Telecommunications Services, Financial Services and Maritime Transport Services.   Read the full press release here.

July TiSA Release

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.

TiSA Annex on International Maritime Transport Services April 16, 2015 July 02, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on International Maritime Transport Services July 02, 2015 TiSA Annex on Electronic Commerce May 2015 July 02, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Electronic Commerce July 02, 2015 TiSA Annex on Financial Services April 15, 2015 July 02, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Financial Services July 02, 2015 TISA Annex on Telecommunications Services April 2015 July 02, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Telecommunications Services July 02, 2015 TiSA - Trade in Services Agreement - Core Text April 24, 2015 July 01, 2015 Analysis of TiSA - Trade in Services Agreement - Core Text July 01, 2015 TiSA Annex on Transparency April 22, 2015 July 01, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Transparency July 01, 2015 TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation April 23, 2015 July 01, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation July 01, 2015 TiSA Annex on Movement of Natural Persons April 08, 2015 July 01, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Movement of Natural Persons July 01, 2015 TiSA Annex on Government Procurement April 2015 July 01, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Government Procurement July 01, 2015 TiSA Archive Chapters and Annexes of the TiSA text under negotiation. TiSA Annex on Air Transport Services February 9, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Air Transport Services June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Competitive Delivery Services April 16, 2014 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Delivery Services June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation February 20, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Domestic Regulation June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Electronic Commerce February 20, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Electronic Commerce June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on International Maritime Transport Services February 10, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on International Maritime Transport Services June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Movement of Natural Persons February 13, 2015 June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Professional Services February 13, 2015 June 3, 2015 TISA Annex on Telecommunications Services February 20, 2015 June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Financial Services February 23, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Financial Servicess June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Transparency January 23, 2015 June 3, 2015 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Transparency June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Transparency April 16, 2014 June 3, 2015 TiSA Annex on Financial Services April 14, 2014 June 19, 2014 Analysis of TiSA Annex on Financial Services June 19, 2014 TiSA Market Analyses Market Access Negotiations documents are requests for a schedule of commitments from one of the negotiating Parties to another. 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. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------

Kommentar:

Do not forget WHO are behind these agreements:  (For USA, read The Bilderberg Group)

Although international,the TISA agreement is written in a language only lawyers and legal experts will fully understand. The authors behind the agreement are legal experts of the Bilderberg Group which constitutes 80% members with legal backgrounds. Why would an international free-trade group have such a high percentage of legal expertise?  OBVIOUS, they are created to sue,not to trade!!  These legal experts will run rings around most of their opposite government  negotiators.

" Do not let it ensnare you !! "

http://sinbad990.blogspot.com.br/2015/07/the-facts-of-bilderberg-group-behind.html.

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