Harper on Europe: moral support, but no new money for eurozone bailout. Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Borders, Copyright, Three Amigos. What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)? Originally posted on EFF The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-nation trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property laws across the globe. The nine nations currently negotiating the TPP are the U.S., Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. Expected to be finalized in November 2011, the TPP will contain a chapter on Intellectual Property (copyright, trademarks, patents and perhaps geographical indications) that will have a broad impact on citizens’ rights, the future of the Internet’s global infrastructure, and innovation across the world. The TPP will rewrite the global rules on IP enforcement.
The leaked U.S. Treat temporary reproductions of copyrighted works without copyright holders’ authorization as copyright infringement. Non-Transparent and On The Fast Track Like ACTA, the TPP is being negotiated rapidly with little transparency. U.S. Chamber backs Canada's bid to join TPP. Drumbeat sounds for Canada's admission to TPP. President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Friday, June 8, 2012, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON - Canada's absence from talks on a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has been dominating bilateral chatter in the U.S. capital with the Obama administration under pressure to welcome Canadians to the negotiating table. Twice this week, senior Obama administration officials have been pressed publicly about whether Canada will be allowed to join the negotiations on TPP, a trade deal many believe will have more economic might than the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Canada, Japan and Mexico have spent months attempting to convince the White House to grant them admission to the talks. Mike Froman, deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, said the U.S. has yet to determine whether to consider all three countries at once, or to decide if they should be admitted separately.
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