Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a request for public input for a performance review of all the United States’ existing international trade and investment agreements. In an April 29, 2017 executive order, President Trump directed USTR and…
There is increasing attention in international trade and copyright forums to the question of how international law should protect and promote copyright user rights. I presented the following options at this year’s Creative Commons Global Summit as examples of provisions…
Civil Society Statement circulated by Haochen Sun, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Law and Technology Centre, The University of Hong Kong. Click here to sign the Statement. Click here to download the Statement. Introduction: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership…
These are some reflections on RCEP round in Jakarta for those who weren’t there. Japan has become the US in drag, asserting its commitment to implementing the TPPA no matter what and pushing TPPA positions (and sometimes worse) even in…
This note comments on each provision of the leaked RCEP IP chapter (dated October 2015) in brief. Patent is omitted, where I defer to others with expertise in that area of international IP law. It argues that like so many…
Authors: Belinda Townsend, Deborah Gleeson, and Ruth Lopert Abstract: The inclusion of elevated standards of intellectual property protection in the recently negotiated Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement has raised serious public health concerns regarding access to medicines. A lesser-known trade…
Joint letter from 316 civil society groups based in countries negotiating RCEP [Printable PDF] Dear Trade Ministers & Negotiators from the RCEP countries: This is an urgent call by 316 civil society organisations from across the Asian and Pacific countries…
Much of the news covering last week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference discussed the TPP, RCEP and FTAAP, but there was also work to establish new intellectual property norms. The main outcomes reported by the Chair include an agreement among…
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 50, 2017 Forthcoming; Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-50 Abstract: In the past few years, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has garnered considerable media, policy and scholarly attention. Rarely analyzed…
95 health, community and development organisations in the Asia Pacific region call on trade ministers to reject provisions that would negatively affect access to generic medicines in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is…