3696 - TiSA

Remember the TPP? We think it's dead but we're not really sure. Well here's an even more secret deal being struck. The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Here's a brief explanation...


The Public Services International (PSI) organization described TISA as:

   ... a treaty that would further liberalize trade and investment in services, and expand "regulatory disciplines" on all services sectors, including many public services. The "disciplines," or treaty rules, would provide all foreign providers access to domestic markets at "no less favorable" conditions as domestic suppliers and would restrict governments' ability to regulate, purchase and provide services. This would essentially change the regulation of many public and privatized or commercial services from serving the public interest to serving the profit interests of private, foreign corporations.


If you want to read more on this the link is to the Wikipedia article. It's not all that long. Because... secret.