The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is seeking comments on whether it should join the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. Its notice asks for input on a range of topics, including “Views and experiences with the protection of…
The TPP is the latest in a dangerous shift in US trade policy towards a practice of international law making to bind the US to standards not reflected in its current law and without adequate transparency or public process. As…
In a blog post on the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure website, Ante Wessells describes the committee’s discussion of ACTA. MEP Marielle Gallo (Rapporteur for ACTA) argued that the agreement is compatible with current EU law. She pointed to…
Swiss Member of Parliament Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder has asked the Swiss government for clarification and official positioning regarding the data protection issue in the European Free Trade Association-India FTA. She notes the role of India as the main source of pharmaceuticals…
The European Parliament’s Legal Service released its opinion on ACTA to the public today, and tomorrow the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs will discuss ACTA. The hearing will be streamed live. In advance of the hearing, the Foundation for…
Heesob Nam recently requested me to give an opinion on whether the intellectual property provisions of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement [KORUS] are fully consistent with U.S. law. The U.S. Congress did not change its intellectual property law in its…
Inside U.S. Trade reports that Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva rejects the U.S. proposal for intellectual property, saying “Peru does not want to go farther than what it has agreed in the area of intellectual…
The following are notes taken by Steven Knievel from Public Citizen, who attended the hearing. The full hearing can be viewed at TPFTA Hearing, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade Panel 1, Dec. 14, 2011 Witness:…
As trade negotiators meet in Malaysia for further talks on the Trans Pacific Partnership, a number of reports and statements have been released on the impact of the intellectual property provisions proposed by the United States. Some critics focus on…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2011 CONTACTS Sean Flynn: 202-294-5749 | sflynn@wcl.american.edu Brook Baker: 617-259-0760 | b.baker@neu.edu Margot Kaminski: margot.kaminski@gmail.com As trade officials from nine countries meet in Malaysia for the tenth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations, a report…
Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States, and former WTO Director General, Mike Moore explained today that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) may contain the “sequencing” of intellectual property and other provisions for some members. He made the…
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure has just released the response it got from the EU INTA committee to the request to disclose the legal opinion the Committee recently received on ACTA. In what would be a shocking response,…