MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, WikiLeaks released the eighth batch of leaked TiSA documents, which included an annex on financial services and details on TiSA localization provisions. Details on so-called bilateral market access requests, in which negotiations participants ask each other to change their TiSA offers on various aspects of the deal, have also been leaked. All of the leaked requests appear to have been made by the European Union.
"In some sectors… agreeing to these EU requests would be additional liberalisation for the country concerned (beyond what they have already opened at the WTO, or in their free trade agreements (FTAs) with the EU, USA, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)," WikiLeaks said in its analysis of the leaked EU requests.
Analysis: TiSA Market Access Request Implications #TTP #TTIP #TiSA #CETA https://t.co/t6mHj5rGka #Colombia #Peru #Mexico #Pakistan #Chile pic.twitter.com/SAC2LwWOIo
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 14 октября 2016 г.
A number of other countries, including Panama, Pakistan, Mauritius and Peru were asked to liberalize food retail and environmental services, shipping and air transport services, according to the analysis. This generally involves lifting restrictions on foreign ownership and privatizing public enterprises.
The trade in services pact has been under discussion since 2013. Over a dozen of rounds of talks have since been concluded, with no deadline for ending the negotiations in sight, according to the European Commission.
