Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - IP Chapter
Today, 13 November 2013,
WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The
TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations
representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP. The WikiLeaks
release of the text comes ahead of the decisive TPP Chief Negotiators
summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013. The chapter
published by WikiLeaks is perhaps the most controversial chapter of the
TPP due to its wide-ranging effects on medicines, publishers, internet
services, civil liberties and biological patents. Significantly, the
released text includes the negotiation positions and disagreements
between all 12 prospective member states.
WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The
TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations
representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP. The WikiLeaks
release of the text comes ahead of the decisive TPP Chief Negotiators
summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013. The chapter
published by WikiLeaks is perhaps the most controversial chapter of the
TPP due to its wide-ranging effects on medicines, publishers, internet
services, civil liberties and biological patents. Significantly, the
released text includes the negotiation positions and disagreements
between all 12 prospective member states.
The TPP is the forerunner to the equally secret US-EU
pact TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), for which
President Obama initiated US-EU negotiations in January 2013. Together,
the TPP and TTIP will cover more than 60 per cent of global GDP. Read full press release here
pact TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), for which
President Obama initiated US-EU negotiations in January 2013. Together,
the TPP and TTIP will cover more than 60 per cent of global GDP. Read full press release here
Download the full secret TPP treaty IP chapter as a PDF here
