WikiLeaks Exposes Text from Secretly Negotiated TISA Trade Deal

acTVism Munich  translated this piece from the “teleSUR” website into German. For the English article, visit the original source: “teleSUR”

An excerpt from the article:

The documents include a previously unknown annex to the TISA core chapter on “State Owned Enterprises,” which imposes unprecedented restrictions on SOEs and will force majority owned SOEs to operate like private sector businesses.

The leaked documents show how stipulations outlined in the TISA documents advanced the “deregulation” of big corporations entering overseas markets. [1]

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Footnotes:

1) “WikiLeaks Exposes Text from Secretly Negotiated TISA Trade Deal.” TeleSUR. TeleSUR, 25 May 2016. Web. 25 May 2016. <https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/WikiLeaks-Exposes-Text-from-Secretly-Negotiated-TISA-Trade-Deal-20160525-0013.html>.