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WikiLeaks publishes 'secret draft' of world trade agreement - World - CBC News
WikiLeaks has published what it calls "the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex," apparently covering 50 countries and most of the world's trade in services.
The draft deal is seen as a way to prevent more regulation of financial services, despite calls for tighter regulatory measures that followed the 2007-08 world financial crisis. That market meltdown set the world's biggest banks up against critics who said governments needed to rein them in.
Canada is among the countries named as being partner to the negotiations. The last round of TISA talks took place April 28 to May 2 in Geneva.
WikiLeaks also alleged in its statement that the U.S. is "particularly keen on boosting cross-border data flow" and that this would include personal and financial data.
On Wednesday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised the release of a massive cache of documents Thursday, involving 50 countries, including Canada.
Speaking with reporters Wednesday in London, where he has taken refuge in the Ecuadoran Embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, Assange also said he plans to mount a new legal challenge to the Swedish sexual assault allegations he is facing.
During his teleconference, he also urged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to end a four-year-long grand jury investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks.
"National security reporters are required by their profession to have intimate interactions in order to assess and verify and investigate the nature of the material that they are dealing with," he said. "So I call on Eric Holder today to immediately drop the ongoing national security investigation against WikiLeaks or resign."
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WikiLeaks has published what it calls "the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex," apparently covering 50 countries and most of the world's trade in services.
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The draft deal is seen as a way to prevent more regulation of financial services, despite calls for tighter regulatory measures that followed the 2007-08 world financial crisis. That market meltdown set the world's biggest banks up against critics who said governments needed to rein them in.
Canada is among the countries named as being partner to the negotiations. The last round of TISA talks took place April 28 to May 2 in Geneva.
WikiLeaks also alleged in its statement that the U.S. is "particularly keen on boosting cross-border data flow" and that this would include personal and financial data.
On Wednesday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised the release of a massive cache of documents Thursday, involving 50 countries, including Canada.
Speaking with reporters Wednesday in London, where he has taken refuge in the Ecuadoran Embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, Assange also said he plans to mount a new legal challenge to the Swedish sexual assault allegations he is facing.
During his teleconference, he also urged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to end a four-year-long grand jury investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks.
"National security reporters are required by their profession to have intimate interactions in order to assess and verify and investigate the nature of the material that they are dealing with," he said. "So I call on Eric Holder today to immediately drop the ongoing national security investigation against WikiLeaks or resign."
Direct link to the PDF Draft
This is the secret draft of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, currently
under negotiation between Australia, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica,
Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, the United States, and the European Union,
including its 28 member states Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom. The Agreement is meant to liberalize trade in services amongst the world's largest services
providers, and it is being negotiated outside of the WTO framework. TISA members hold the largest
services markets worldwide, with a combined GDP of over two-thirds of the world economy. This text
was drafted just before the 6th round of TISA negotiations held from 28 April - 2 May in Geneva,
Switzerland. The next round of negotiations are set to be held 23-27 June in Geneva
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