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Day March 19, 2013

TPP, Trade Agreements

Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on the President’s Trade Agenda, Asks Questions on TPP and Trade Promotion Authority

Today the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on “The President’s 2013 Trade Agenda.” Opening statements, a webcast, and instructions for submitting comments to the record are all here. The sole witness at the hearing was Acting United States Trade…

Mike Palmedo
March 19, 2013

TPP, Trade Agreements

Statement on the Supreme Court Decision in Kirtsaeng and the U.S. Position on Exhaustion in the TPP

The Supreme Court decided the long anticipated Kirtsaeng case today, upholding an interpretation that the first sale (exhaustion) rule in the U.S. allows the parallel importation of copyrighted products voluntarily released in other countries with the right holder’s consent. The…

Sean Flynn
March 19, 2013