Archive - avr. 27, 2015 - Article

À l'occasion de l'ouverture du Sommet mondial sur le commerce 2014 de l'Internationale des Services Publics (ISP), qui se tient à Washington, D.C., les dirigeants syndicaux des quatre coins du monde ont révélé aux médias leurs profondes préoccupations au regard des conséquences des politiques commerciales sur les services publics.

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.