Transnational Corporations

Global Civil Society letter on the Nairobi Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO), December 9, 2015

Manicandan — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:28:26 +0000

9 December, 2015

Refuse signatories

As members of 453 civil society organizations including trade unions, environmentalists, farmers, development advocates, and public interest groups from over 150 countries, we are writing today to express extreme alarm about the current situation of the negotiations in the WTO. We urge you to take seriously the need for the upcoming Nairobi Ministerial to change existing WTO rules to make the global trading system more compatible with people-centered development, and to forestall efforts by some developed countries to abandon the development agenda and replace it with a set of so-called “new issues” that actually are non-trade issues that would impact deeply on domestic economies and constrain national policy space required for development and public interest.

9 December, 2015 (All day)

CUPE delegates in Colombia to oppose secret TISA deal

Manicandan — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:38:25 +0000

13 July, 2015

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

The Frontlines Initiative is a joint project of four national public sector unions - the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) - which joins forces with sister unions in Colombia to fight against the privatization of public services and to strengthen each other’s struggles to defend human and labour rights. The delegation in Colombia received an important briefing on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), a proposed international trade treaty that, if ratified, will put public services in Colombia, Canada and 48 other countries at extreme risk.

13 July, 2015 (All day)

LEAKED: How the Biggest Banks Are Conspiring to Rip Up Financial Regulations around the World

Manicandan — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:37:41 +0000

2 July, 2015

Wolf Street

It’s almost impossible to keep anything secret these days – not even the core text of a hyper-secret trade deal, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), which has spent the last two years taking shape behind the hermetically sealed doors of highly secure locations around the world. According to the agreement’s provisional text, the document is supposed to remain confidential and concealed from public view for at least five years after being signed! But now, thanks to WikiLeaks, it has seeped to the surface.

2 July, 2015 (All day)

Time to wave the white flag on TISA secrecy - Prof. Jane Kelsey, July 2, 2015

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:02:56 +0000

2 July, 2015

Scoop.co.nz

Today, Wikileaks has posted recent texts from April and May 2015, including the proposed core text and annexes on domestic regulation and transparency, and provided expert analysis of those texts (wikileaks.org/tisa/).

2 July, 2015 (All day)

Just Before Round of Negotiations on the Proposed “Trade in Services Agreement (TISA),” Wikileaks Releases Second Set of Updated Secret Documents

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:44:38 +0000

2 July, 2015

Today, Wikileaks released a second batch of the most updated draft texts on the proposed TISA, along with substantive analysis, on each of four cross-cutting annexes: Financial Services, Telecommunications, Electronic Commerce, and Maritime Transport. This follows on their release yesterday of texts on Domestic Regulation, the “Movement of Natural Persons,” Transparency, and Government Procurement, along with what WikiLeaks called the journalistic holy grail: the TISA’s Core Text.

2 July, 2015 (All day)

Wikileaks Releases Updated Secret TISA Documents Just Before Negotiations - The Huffington Post, July 2, 2015

Manicandan — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:56:39 +0000

2 July, 2015

The Huffington Post

Today, Wikileaks released a second batch of the most updated draft texts on the proposed TISA, along with substantive analysis, on each of four massive services sectors: Financial Services, Telecommunications Services, Electronic Commerce, and Maritime Transport. This follows on their release yesterday of cross-cutting annexes on Domestic Regulation, the "Movement of Natural Persons," Transparency, and Government Procurement, and the Agenda for next week's negotiations, along with what Wikileaks called the journalistic holy grail: the Core Text of the proposed agreement.

2 July, 2015 (All day)

TiSA WikiLeaked: Winners & losers of multinational trade deal - RT

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 07:33:30 +0000

2 July, 2015

Russia Today

WikiLeaks has published secret “core text” related to the controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the US, EU and 23 other countries. Big corporations look to be the biggest winners in the deal.

2 July, 2015 (All day)

Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) - Press release by Wikileaks, July 1, 2015

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 06:25:09 +0000

1 July, 2015

Wikileaks

Today, 1500 CEST Wednesday, 1 July 2015, WikiLeaks releases a modern journalistic holy grail: the secret Core Text for the largest 'trade deal' in history, the TiSA (Trade In Services Agreement), whose 52 nations together comprise two-thirds of global GDP.

1 July, 2015 (All day)

TISA Exposed: 'Holy Grail' of Leaks Reveals Detailed Plot for Corporate Takeover

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 06:36:53 +0000

1 July, 2015

Common Dreams

Days ahead of another round of secret international negotiations, WikiLeaks on Wednesday released what it described as "a modern journalistic holy grail: the secret Core Text for the largest 'trade deal' in history." Fifty-two-nation Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) uses trade regulations 'as a smokescreen to limit citizen rights,' says labor leader

1 July, 2015 (All day)

Wikileaks Releases Updated Secret Documents on TISA - OWINFS Press Release, July 1, 2015

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:32:28 +0000

1 July, 2015

Today, Wikileaks released the most updated draft texts on the proposed TISA, along with substantive analysis, on each of four cross-cutting annexes: Domestic Regulation, the “Movement of Natural Persons,” Transparency, and a previously-unreleased annex on Government Procurement. In addition they released the Core Text with accompanying analysis and the agenda for the negotiations next week. The negotiating texts are supposed to remain secret for five years after the deal is finalized or abandoned.

1 July, 2015 (All day)

WikiLeaks Exclusive: Secret core text from Trade in Services Agreement negotiations

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 06:46:11 +0000

1 July, 2015

The Saturday Paper

Leaked negotiations from a key trade deal show radical plans to deregulate services in Australia, including aged care and childcare.

1 July, 2015 (All day)

New TISA leaks confirm PSI concerns on deregulation and secrecy: Public Services International (PSI), July 1, 2015

Manicandan — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:43:29 +0000

1 July, 2015

Public Services International (PSI)

PSI, 1 July 2015 – Yet another series of leaks confirm PSI’s repeated concerns on the restriction of governments’ right to regulate in the public interest as well as underlining the lack of transparency surrounding the Trade In Service Agreement (TISA) negotiations.

1 July, 2015 (All day)

Massive leak of TISA trade documents “highlights madness of secrecy”: PSI

Manicandan — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:30:37 +0000

3 June, 2015

Public Services International

The largest ever leak of negotiating documents from the controversial Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) highlights the madness of secrecy and provides no comfort for users of public services.

3 June, 2015 (All day)

Trade in Services Agreement - Press release of Wikileaks

Manicandan — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:48:16 +0000

3 June, 2015

Wikileaks

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.

3 June, 2015 (All day)

Event at WTO Public Forum 2014: Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA)

Manicandan — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:09:31 +0000

1 October, 2014

The OWINFS network organized an event "Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA): Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Development" at the WTO Public Forum 2014 on 1 October 2014.

1 October, 2014 (All day)