The Contents of CETA, TTIP, and TiSA

This chapter provides an overview of the trade disciplines envisaged in CETA, TTIP, and TiSA. While focusing on CETA, it also takes into account available information and negotiating materials on TTIP and TiSA, concentrating on essential structures and contents and the ‘WTO plus’ dimensions of CETA, TTIP, and TiSA. The chapter outlines the main trade in goods and services disciplines of CETA and points to some fundamental issues that have remained unclear in this agreement. It also stresses essential structural differences, such as the divergent scopes of application, substantive disciplines, and scheduling approaches under the GATS agreement and CETA. Moreover, this contribution deals with the framework for regulatory cooperation to be established in CETA. Finally, this chapter turns to an analysis of available TTIP and TiSA materials, contrasting these initiatives with the contents and structures of WTO law and CETA.