services


Secret trade talks could weaken climate targets set in Paris, warn campaigners
Rival international negotiations in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for solar or wind power in ‘great climate change swindle’
Macau and China's mainland ink new deal on trade services under CEPA
Macau and China's mainland have signed a new agreement under the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), further liberalizing trade in services.
EU to use its chairmanship of TiSA talks on services to push for major progress
The EU is to use its chairmanship of the latest round of negotiations for an international agreement on trade in services (TiSA) to push for significant progress on key chapters.
The Free Trade agreement between the EU and Canada threatens water management
The European Commission always maintained that water would be excluded from the CETA, but a careful reading of the consolidated text of the treaty shows that the reality is different.
US asks India to step up investment treaty talks
The US government has again pushed India to expedite negotiations on the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
India pitches for market access for professionals in RCEP
India has raised its pitch for greater market access for professionals in the proposed regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP)
India, Canada closely working to finalise CEPA
India and Canada are closely working to finalise the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)
Fallout from EU-US Safe Harbour ruling will be dramatic and far-reaching
Clever ruling by the Court of Justice will be almost impossible to circumvent. The "Safe Harbour" ruling is likely to affect trade agreements like TISA and TTIP in important ways.
EU deal will put elderly care at risk
Elderly people’s homes in Ireland will be open to unfettered competition putting care at risk under the terms being drafted for the trade and services agreement between the EU and the US.
Public services under attack through TTIP and CETA
EU trade deals with Canada and the US could endanger citizens’ rights to basic services like water and health, as negotiators are doing the work of some of the EU’s most powerful corporate lobby groups in pushing an aggressive market opening agenda in the public sector.