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8 #5, May 2009
USTR Releases Summary of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
On April 4, 2009, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
released a detailed summary of the current state of the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations. The
summary sets out the specific topics being negotiated and reflects the
Obama Administration's commitment to transparency. The summary is
being shared with stakeholders for review and comment.
"I am grateful to our partners in the ACTA negotiations for working
with us in a joint effort to prepare this summary," said U.S. Trade
Representative Ron Kirk. "We look forward to taking more steps to
engage with the public in our efforts to make trade work for American
families."
The objective of the ACTA negotiations is to draft a new, state-of-the
art agreement to assist governments around the world in their efforts
to combat the proliferation of counterfeit and pirated goods, which
undermine legitimate trade and the sustainable development of the world
economy, and in some cases contributes to organized crime and exposes
American families to dangerous fake products. The United States
has been working with several trade partners, including Australia,
Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, Mexico,
Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and Switzerland, to
negotiate the agreement.
Negotiations on the ACTA began in June 2008. In preparation for
those negotiations and since then, the USTR has reached out to the
public for its views and to exchange information on several
occasions. The summary can be found on the USTR website.
Members of the public with questions about the summary or the status of
the negotiations should contact Kira Alvarez, Chief Negotiator and
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property
Enforcement at (202) 395-4510.
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