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India not keen to put e-commerce under FTA with Russia-led group
29-May-2017 Live Mint
India has so far rejected bids to include market access negotiations on e-commerce at multilateral level.
RCEP’s digital trade negotiations remain shrouded in secrecy
17-May-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
There has also been no official release of the chapters and textual proposals related to rules that are being tabled.
Trump’s USTR nominee pledges tough enforcement of U.S. trade laws
15-Mar-2017 Reuters
Lighthizer pledged to fight for strong protections for intellectual property rights and for digital trade access.
Chemical industry outlines priorities for new NAFTA
1-Mar-2017 Politico
Any renegotiation of NAFTA should include streamlined customs procedures and greater regulatory cooperation among other priorities, say the leading chemical industry associations.
Leaked TISA safe harbor proposal: the right idea in the wrong place
2-Feb-2017 EFF
A new leak of the TiSA Electronic Commerce chapter has exposed a brand new U.S. government proposal on Internet intermediary safe harbors.
TiSA - small group non paper on ecommerce (Nov 2016)
29-Jan-2017
from November 2016 negotiating round
TiSA - draft annex on electronic commerce (Nov 2016)
29-Jan-2017
from November 2016 negotiating round
Data fight emerges as last big hurdle to EU-Japan trade deal
12-Dec-2016 Politico
A dispute over data has emerged as an unexpected obstacle to an EU-Japan free-trade deal only weeks before diplomats expected to seal a political agreement.
TiSA - draft annex on electronic commerce (September 2016)
28-Nov-2016 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
Secret trade proposal would give Facebook free reign to censor by algorithm
28-Nov-2016 Motherboard
Under leaked proposals from a controversial service trade deal, Facebook and other online services could be granted legal immunity when censoring any content
New leaks confirm TiSA proposals that would undermine civil liberties
25-Nov-2016 EDRi
New leaked documents concerning the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) have been published.
TiSA - draft annex on telecommunications services (November 2016)
25-Nov-2016 Netzpolitik
As leaked by Netzpolitik & Greenpeace
Trade and privacy: complicated bedfellows?
18-Nov-2016 Institute for Information Law
How to achieve data protection-proof free trade agreements?
Data flow in trade agreements
16-Nov-2016 French Government
The French Government calls on the European Commission to adopt an open and innovation-friendly data flow system while preserving European interests in trade agreements
A swan song for TiSA talks
14-Nov-2016 Politico
The prospects for concluding negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement now appear slim.
Is the EU abandoning freedom of speech in its trade deals?
9-Nov-2016 EurActiv
As trade negotiators seek to wrap up the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the EU seems to have abandoned the objective of promoting human rights, notably freedom of speech.
EU-US Privacy Shield pact faces second legal challenge
3-Nov-2016 EurActiv
A new EU-US pact governing the transfer of personal data faces a second legal challenge, putting the details of the deal which underpins billions of dollars of transatlantic trade in digital services under further scrutiny.
What do trade agreements do for open access—and what don’t they do?
27-Oct-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The absence of support for open access in trade agreements comes as no surprise when considering that there are no representatives from the education sector, nor any library or archive representatives, in the relevant closed-door trade advisory committees
TISA proposes new global rules on data flows and safe harbors
25-Oct-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Trade in Services Agreement contains many provisions that are a virtual copy-and-paste out of the TPP’s Electronic Commerce chapter.
Civil society urges EU leaders to protect citizens’ data in trade agreements
24-Oct-2016 EDRi
“EU leaders must protect individuals’ personal information and privacy. The best way to do this is by not including data flows in trade agreements.”