Trade, Publication

This programme of action highlights the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and is set out on the basis of three main themes

(13 September 2016) The Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) is a threat to public services such as health care and education. If the treaty is implemented this means more competition in several services. It will become more difficult to reverse (failed) privatisation and the effects of market forces

A new working paper and an executive summary from EPSU on the potential harmful impact of CETA and TTIP (and other trade and investment agreements) on healthcare and social services.

On 21 April 2016 EPSU and AK EUROPA organised in Brussels an exchange with Professor Markus Krajewski on his new study.

(Press Release – 12 October 2015) Report "Public services under attack - TTIP, CETA, and the secretive collusion between business lobbyists and trade negotiators"

A Study by Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - 24 November 2011The impact of international trade agreements on public services has been a controversial subject for a number of years already. Generally, the obligations of trade agreements limit the ability of governments to

A Study by Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg - 3 September 2011

Background paper on a legal framework for services of general (economic) interest by Markus Krajewski