“It’s a dark day for democracy when we are dependent on leaks like this for the general public to be informed of the radical restructuring of regulatory frameworks that our governments are proposing,” Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now, said in a statement on Wednesday.
WikiLeaks has published 17 secret documents related to a controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the US, EU and over 20 WTO members. NGO Global Justice Now called the leak “a dark day for democracy.”
WikiLeaks release: 17 secret documents from the ongoing #TISA negotiations https://t.co/mpLZQuBVYq #TTP #TTIP pic.twitter.com/VL2uguLuTD
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 3, 2015
The documents released by the transparency group are allegedly associated with TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement) negotiations, which have been taking place in secret since early 2013. The participants of the talks include 24 WTO members, such as the US, EU and other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Australia, Pakistan and Israel.
RELEASE: TISA secret draft covering 2/3rds of global GDP – the #TPP’s big brother https://t.co/mpLZQuBVYq #TTIP pic.twitter.com/4ignazMno2
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 3, 2015
According to WikiLeaks, the economies of the member countries now comprise two-thirds of global GDP. Their services “now account for nearly 80 percent of the US and EU economies,” the group says, adding that “even in developing countries like Pakistan [they] account for 53 percent of the economy.”
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