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.

The publication was prepared within the European Parliament project: Research networks to provide foreign policy expertise: http://www.case-research.eu/en/node/59168