Comparison of the EU Service Offers for the TTIP and TiSA Negotiations
A comparison of the services offers which the European Union has made for the negotiations on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) shows that, in general, both treaties follow similar approaches and points of difference are minor; both TiSA and TTIP apply a positive listing approach in regards to market access and negative listing in regards to national treatment, and the rules governing market access and national treatment do not differ between the two agreements. The most significant differences in sector-specific provisions are featured in the transport sector and educational services, while the highest harmonisation of provisions is in the energy sector and communications. Overall, the service provisions in TiSA and TTIP are very similar, although it seems that the level of trade liberalization is higher is TiSA.
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Christopher HARTWELL, Jan TERESIŃSKI, Bartosz RADZIKOWSKI and Karolina BEAUMONT
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- America
- building and public works
- building industry
- communications
- communications industry
- economic geography
- education
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- ENERGY
- energy industry
- energy policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- freedom to provide services
- GATS
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- health service
- INDUSTRY
- international payment
- international trade
- liberalisation of trade
- market access
- monetary relations
- most favoured nation
- negotiation of an agreement (EU)
- political geography
- recognition of diplomas
- social protection
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- social services
- teaching
- teaching
- TRADE
- trade agreement (EU)
- trade policy
- TRANSPORT
- transport market
- transport policy
- United States