The Trade in Services Agreement is an environmental hazard An assessment of the environmental impact of the leaked Annex on Environmental Services in the context of TiSA as a whole1Trade in Services Agreement • May 25th, 2023
Contract Type FiledMay 25th, 2023Trade negotiators from the United States and 22 other World Trade Organization members including the European Union are seeking to craft a Trade in Services Agreement that will cover a variety of environmental services and otherwise impact environmental and climate policy. The TiSA negotiations are an end-run on the WTO process as a “single undertaking,” and exclude emerging economic powers such as China, India, and Brazil.2