Wikileaks has published 17 secret international trade agreements TISA

The main chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are not yet publicly available, remuneration has been appointed for them. But then 17 secret documents on trade agreements Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) were made available to the Wikileaks website. In some respects, TISA agreements are even larger and more significant than TPP. For example, TISA protocols were signed not only by the United States and its allies, but also by the European Union, which already raises their significance compared to TPP.



Together, TISA and TPP complement the strategic trinity of TPP-TISA-TTIP. All negotiations are conducted without the participation of representatives of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), that is, the most rapidly developing economies of the world (excluding Russia). In a sense, these are negotiations between representatives of the “old economy” in the absence of “young ones”.



In addition to the United States and the European Union, 23 other countries participate in the TISA negotiations, including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan and Israel. Collectively, member countries account for two thirds of global GDP.

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According to the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, the TISA negotiations began in 2013. Their formal goal is to ensure “liberalization” in various areas, such as financial services, telecommunications, education, etc. See the full list of documents for a list of topics, including air traffic control systems, navigation, e-commerce issues ( pdf ) and etc.



It should be noted that in the countries of the "old world" industry makes up a small part of GDP, and "services" bring up to 80% of GDP, explains Wikileaks in a press release .



The current publication of 17 TISA documents occurred almost a year after June 19, 2014, the Wikileaks website published the TISA contract for the financial industry, aimed at deregulating the financial sector of the countries participating in the contract. This is despite the fact that an almost universal consensus opinion is recognized: it was excessive freedom in the financial markets that caused the 2008 financial crisis. The current leaks of files, including the new version of the agreement on the financial industry, indicate the immutability of the countries participating in the course of deregulation.



Another interesting point. Among other things, the TISA contract contains a clause stating that "no participant can demand from the service provider, as a condition of supplying services or investments in this territory, the following: (a) use computer equipment located on the participant's territory".



This runs counter to Germany’s recent efforts to transplant government services into national data centers for security.