Australia-US Free Trade Agreement Examined

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday June 9, 2004 @03:53PM from the looking-closely-into-it dept.

PeterBecker writes "An evalutation of the impact of the changes Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement is available from the Australian Parliamentary Library (Research Paper #14). It takes a very critical stance, with statements such as "IPRs fit awkwardly in an agreement that has the aim of advancing free trade." and "While there has not been a comprehensive economic evaluation of IPRs, the Productivity Commission has found that, as a net importer of IPRs, Australia would lose more than it gains by strengthening IPRs. The net economic impact is thus likely to be negative.". Interesting read especially for those of you who might be affected but missed the fact thanks to close to no coverage in the mainstream media."

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What about canada!?!? by Mastadex · 2004-06-09 16:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

WTF happened to the Canadian - US free trade agreement?

DAMN YOU BUSH!!

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Re:Reading this makes me glad by phrasebook · 2004-06-09 20:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You guys have trade in New Zealand?

Who would have thought? :)