Wikileaks Unleashes TiSA - TTP - TTIP Secret Negotiations Trade Deal Policies

""Wikileaks has released 17 different documents relating to the so-called 'secret' negotiations for a massive global trade deal known as the Trade in Services Agreement, a lesser known cousin of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that US President Barack Obama has been campaigning heavily for in Washington.

The leak has been timed to coincide with a meeting of leaders for the Trade in Services Agreement in Paris. TiSA is one of three trade treaties that global political leaders have been trying to agree on, alongside TTP and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Negotiations for the deals have been conducted in private. While this is standard procedure, it has raised suspicions about the content of the talks. One UK MEP wrote an op-ed on the fact that she'd seen the 'undemocratic' TTIP deal, but wasn't at liberty to reveal any of its contents. Another study said even EU representatives in Brussels thought their European Commission colleagues were making deals behind closed doors.

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Supporter of Wikileaks said the negotiating texts were 'the largest leak of secret trade negotiations in history'. "The secrecy charade has collapsed," said Deborah James of the Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) network, a group of activists committed to fighting against corporate globalisation.

Wikileaks published a draft financial services annex of the TISA negotiations a year ago, containing plans to deregulate the financial sector. It said the new document confirms these plans, while also revealing new information about air traffic, maritime, professional services, e-commerce and domestic regulation.

On Tuesday, Wikileaks said it would crowd source $100,000 to offer as a bounty for the remaining chapters of the TPP.

The European Union is the largest exporter of services. It believes that opening up the trade in services through TISA will lead to economic growth and an increase in jobs.""

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/wikileaks-posts-largest-leak-of-trade-negotiations-in-history-charting-progress-tisa-10296061.html

True Operations Purpose Of The TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership has been Released by WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Reveals The True Purpose Of The TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership. From Their Press Release:

""WikiLeaks releases today the “Investment Chapter” from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement. The document adds to the previous WikiLeaks publications of the chapters for Intellectual Property Rights (November 2013) and the Environment (January 2014).

The TPP Investment Chapter, published today, is dated 20 January 2015. The document is classified and supposed to be kept secret for four years after the entry into force of the TPP agreement or, if no agreement is reached, for four years from the close of the negotiations.

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor said: “The TPP has developed in secret an unaccountable supranational court for multinationals to sue states. This system is a challenge to parliamentary and judicial sovereignty. Similar tribunals have already been shown to chill the adoption of sane environmental protection, public health and public transport policies.”

Current TPP negotiation member states are the United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Singapore, Peru, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei. The TPP is the largest economic treaty in history, including countries that represent more than 40 per cent of the world´s GDP.

The Investment Chapter highlights the intent of the TPP negotiating parties, led by the United States, to increase the power of global corporations by creating a supra-national court, or tribunal, where foreign firms can “sue” states and obtain taxpayer compensation for “expected future profits”. These investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) tribunals are designed to overrule the national court systems. ISDS tribunals introduce a mechanism by which multinational corporations can force governments to pay compensation if the tribunal states that a country’s laws or policies affect the company’s claimed future profits.

In return, states hope that multinationals will invest more. Similar mechanisms have already been used. For example, US tobacco company Phillip Morris used one such tribunal to sue Australia (June 2011 – ongoing) for mandating plain packaging of tobacco products on public health grounds; and by the oil giant Chevron against Ecuador in an attempt to evade a multi-billion-dollar compensation ruling for polluting the environment. The threat of future lawsuits chilled environmental and other legislation in Canada after it was sued by pesticide companies in 2008/9. ISDS tribunals are often held in secret, have no appeal mechanism, do not subordinate themselves to human rights laws or the public interest, and have few means by which other affected parties can make representations

The TPP negotiations have been ongoing in secrecy for five years and are now in their final stages. In the United States the Obama administration plans to “fast-track” the treaty through Congress without the ability of elected officials to discuss or vote on individual measures. This has met growing opposition as a result of increased public scrutiny following WikiLeaks’ earlier releases of documents from the negotiations.

The TPP is set to be the forerunner to an equally secret agreement between the US and EU, the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership).

Negotiations for the TTIP were initiated by the Obama administration in January 2013. Combined, the TPP and TTIP will cover more than 60 per cent of global GDP. The third treaty of the same kind, also negotiated in secrecy is TISA, on trade in services, including the financial and health sectors. It covers 50 countries, including the US and all EU countries. WikiLeaks released the secret draft text of the TISA’s financial annex in June 2014.

All these agreements on so-called “free trade” are negotiated outside the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) framework. Conspicuously absent from the countries involved in these agreements are the BRICs countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China."" -WIKILEAKS

https://freedomfighterreports.com/2015/03/29/boom-wikileaks-reveals-the-true-purpose-of-the-tpp-trans-pacific-partnership/ 

Global Herbal Medicine Industry Report 2015: Study on Current State of Herbal Medicine Industry

The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The herbal medicine market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

Development policies and plans are also discussed and manufacturing processes and cost structures analyzed. Herbal medicine industry import/export consumption, supply and demand figures and cost price and production value gross margins are also provided.

The report focuses on twenty-six industry players providing information such as company profiles, product picture and specification, capacity production, price, cost, production value and contact information. Upstream raw materials and equipment and downstream demand analysis is also carried out. The herbal medicine industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed. Finally the feasibility of new investment projects are assessed and overall research conclusions offered.

With 197 tables and figures the report provides key statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market.

Key Topics Covered: 

Chapter One Herbal Medicine Industry Overview 

Chapter Two Herbal Medicine International and China Market Analysis

Chapter Three Herbal Medicine Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis 

Chapter Four Global Major Herbal Material Analysis 

Chapter Five Finish Herbal Product Market 

Chapter Six 2009-2014 Herbal Medicine Industry Productions Supply Sales Demand Market Status and Forecast 

Chapter Seven Herbal Medicine Key Manufacturers Analysis 

Chapter Eight Herbal Medicine Manufacturing Process and Cost Structure Up and Down Stream Industry Analysis 

Chapter Nine Herbal Medicine Marketing Channels Analysis 

Chapter Ten Herbal Medicine Industry Development Trend 

Chapter Eleven Herbal Medicine Industry Development Proposals 

Chapter Twelve Herbal Medicine New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis 

Chapter Thirteen Global and China Herbal Medicine Industry Research Conclusions 

Companies Mentioned:

• Arizona Natural
• Arkopharma
• Bio-Botanica
• Blackmores
• Dabur
• Guangzhou Pharma
• Haiyao
• Herbal Africa
• Imperial Ginseng
• JZJT
• Kunming Pharma
• Madaus
• Nature Herbs
• Nature's Answer
• Potter's
• SIDO MUNCUL
• Sanjiu
• Schwabe
• TASLY
• Taiji
• Tongrentang
• Tsumura
• Weleda
• Yunnan Baiyao
• Zand
• Zhongxin

For more information visithttp://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/blfzcw/global_herbal

Source Report:

http://www.sys-con.com/node/3272787