Friday, 11 March 2011
The text of the US Proposals for the IP Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement have been leaked, and KEI has a copy on their website. It’s not a pretty sight: at an admittedly very quick glance, it looks like the proposal is AUSFTA-plus: that is, they’ve got even more creative in the 7 years since the AUSFTA. Sigh. Here we go again, only this time, we don’t have Europe in the room to stand against all the stuff that’s inconsistent with the European acquis, as they did in the ACTA negotiations. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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March 11th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
I only read the KEI summary [1], but it is a revelation. In my naivety I thought these treaties were the result of sober negotiation between two countries. Instead it looks like every US firm that has bought a senator has been invited to make ambit claim for gouging Australians, and resulting list became their proposed treaty.
Ye gods. It that how all government interaction works with the US?
[1] http://keionline.org/node/1091