Archive - Abr 2015 - Article

Presentación de la UITA en el Foro Público de la OMC 2014 - Panel de Uni Global Union / Internacional de Servicios Públicos "Por qué un acuerdo de comercio de servicios (TISA) nos concierne a todos".

El primer día de la Cumbre Mundial de la Internacional de Servicios Públicos (ISP) sobre el Comercio de Servicios, que se está celebrando en Washington D.C., dirigentes sindicales de todo el mundo analizaron con los medios de comunicación sus crecientes temores sobre los efectos que tendrán las políticas comerciales sobre los servicios públicos.

As the technical experts and negotiators engaged in the controversial plurilateral initiative on Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) prepare a report on their overall progress during the last three years, it has emerged that there will be sharp "asymmetries" in the levels of ambition in different services sectors, according to several members familiar with the negotiations. In this brief D Ravi Kanth provides an overview of levels of ambition in current TISA negotiations,

According to trade officials, at the regular meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on 18 March, the LDCs, in their presentation, assessed the high-level meeting that was held on 5 February, in which number of developed country members and developing country members in a position to do so had indicated the services sectors and modes of supply where they intend to provide preferential treatment to the LDCs.

La propuesta, supuestamente presentada por el gobierno de Turquía, fue discutida por los estados miembros de la UE el pasado mes de septiembre en las negociaciones sobre el TISA que tuvieron lugar en Ginebra. Sugiere un anexo relativo a los servicios de atención médica en el TISA que facilitaría el acceso de los pacientes a servicios de salud en el extranjero.

Based on a set of leaked US TISA proposal, Prof. Jane Kelsey argues that '‘the US is demanding that New Zealand and other countries accept sweeping rules that would override privacy protections for digitised personal and other data’'

Towards 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015, Chakravarthi Raghavan provides detailed analysis of critical issues faced by developing countries at the WTO to ensure a permanent solution to food security issues and translate into binding commitments the 'best endeavour' decisions of the 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference.