From the Liberation article [0] (which has a strong French bias): - France has stopped further negotiations with the US regarding TTIP as the US do not seem to

From the Liberation article [0] (which has a strong French bias): - France has stopped further negotiations with the US regarding TTIP as the US do not seem to be willing to give enough in return - TISA has now been leaked, although discussions started in March, 2013 - the official aim of TISA is to reduce barriers to competition in the name of growth and employment, by supposedly treating local and international operators the same - the implicit aim of TISA would be to counter China's economic threat on the international scene - supporters of TISA (once accepted) would supposedly force members of the World Trade Organisation to adopt the agreement, yet China, Brasil, Russia and India are all members of the WTO - some recent amendments to TISA ask for less regulations from member states to remove some of the constraints encountered by foreign actors, this would have a substantial impact on industries such as mining, energy, large infrastructures, IT, etc. - other amendments ask for foreign companies to not be required to have a local branch in in member states where they do business, which may override/impede on national rights - TISA would require state-owned enterprises to behave as private actors in foreign countries and prevent them from favouring local business (local or national suppliers and clients) - the above point also suggests that if a member country's public companies represent more than 30% of its economy, other countries can ask other members of the agreement to refuse to support said country through non-commercial means (e.g. cancellation of debts, donations, preferential loan, etc.). This is ostensibly a way to impede on the competitive advantage of countries like China which have strong government support - TISA would aim to globalize and commodify health services to open the market to health corporations and insurance companies in countries where healthcare is provided by the state or welfare organisations [1] - TISA aims to establish procedures for the confidential exchange of documents on a need-to-know basis (up to four years after the agreement goes through). While the exchange of documents may be confidential, participating members would be allowed to transfer the documents on non-secure channels and keep them on systems that are not subject to special security measures - the agreement is criticized for aggressively supporting business and competition, while ignoring the "public service" aspect of the agreement I may have skipped some things but I think that about covers it. [0] http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/05/25/de-nouveaux-documents-devoilent-les-coulisses-du-traite-tisa_1455038 http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/05/25/de-nouveaux-docu... [1] The actual details come from https://data.awp.is/international/2015/02/04/22.html https://data.awp.is/international/2015/02/04/22.html