This makes an interesting read.. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Richard Hill* <rhill@hill-a.ch> Date: Sunday, September 25, 2016 Subject: [Internet Policy] TISA and WTO instruments Somebody asked me to look at the leaked version of the TISA agreement on telecoms, it is at: https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ Or, more precisely: https://wikileaks.org/tisa/#September 15, 2016 Publication The same person also mentioned the agreement on e-commerce, which is at: https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ecommerce/TiSA%20Annex%20on%20Electronic%20Commer ce.pdf We only have access to leaked version because these negotiations are being conducted in secret. Not just "not public", but actually secret, with Parliaments being denied access to the negotiating documents and national positions. It strikes me that the leaked versions of both documents potentially address issues of interest to us, ISOC, for example data privacy, open source, etc. Further, I was told that the WTO is considering re-opening the Reference Paper on Basic Telecommunication Services and the GATS Annex on Telecommunications. Given that those two instruments were negotiated under GATT, and that the composition of WTO is now considerably larger (in particular China and Russia have joined), I wonder whether reopening those instruments might reopen the can of worms that created problems at WCIT-12. Be that as it may, it seems to me that it would be good if ISOC staff obtained more information about TISA and WTO's plans, if any, regarding the Reference Paper and the Annex, and provided an analysis to this list regarding what, if any, the impacts might be on the Internet. Best, Richard -- ​ Kind regards, [image: --] Ida Nganga [image: http://]about.me/ida.mentor <http://about.me/ida.mentor?promo=email_sig> Cell: +254 728 848 811 .................................... "Across Africa, we have seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up.” – President Barack Obama