Letter: Safeguarding Access to Medicines in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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Category Trade Agreements
Open Letter from 39 Civil Society Organizations to TPP Negotiators (in English and Español)
39 civil society groups asked all negotiating countries to “establish TRIPS as the maximum standard of substantive protection required by the TPP and preexisting trade agreements in the region; and assist the effective implementation of TRIPS flexibilities.” Letter to FTA…
New Zealand Proposal for IP Chapter, February 2011
Chilean Proposal for IP Chapter, February 2011
Letter: Members of US Congress Push for Strong IP Protections
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Letter from 18 Members of Congress to President Obama
Dear Mr. President, As the current round of negotiations on the proposed TransPacific Partnership free trade agreement (FTA) commences in Chile, we write to urge your Administration to pursue the highest level of protection for American intellectual property (IP) rights.…
POLITICO: States Fear Trade Deal Will Mean Higher Drug Prices
Politico has published a story covering the recent resolution by state lawmakers urging USTR to exclude from the Trans Pacific Partnership any chapter on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursements. The resolution by the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices warns…
Leaked US Proposal for TPP IP Chapter
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Call for sign ons: ACTA comment
Please join fellow legal academics in signing this draft statement to the administration on the constitutional problem with ACTA. The submission is open for editing comments and signatures until FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM eastern standard time. The submission is…
USTR Considering Pharmaceutical Pricing Restrictions in TPP; Refuses to Follow May 10th Agreement on IP-Medicines Issues
Peter Maybarduk (Public Citizen) and Sean Flynn (representing Forum on Democracy and Trade) met with USTR staff on February 3 to be briefed on the administration’s negotiation of the TPP with respect to the planned IP chapter and the rumored…
European Academics’ Opinion on ACTA
A group of prominent European academics has released today an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The opinion identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and invites European and national institutions to carefully consider the opinion before ratifying the…
Feb 9: House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on President Obama’s Trade Policy Agenda
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the status of President Barack Obama’s trade policy agenda. The hearing…