Archive - avr. 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.

Cette proposition, qui aurait été mise sur la table par le gouvernement turc, a été discutée en septembre dernier par les États membres de l'UE, lors des négociations sur l'ACS organisées à Genève. Elle prévoit une annexe sur les services de soins de santé dans le cadre de l'ACS, qui permettrait aux patients de se déplacer plus facilement à l'étranger pour bénéficier de services de santé.

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.