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Industry eyes use of TPA IP objectives as move toward TPP text in NAFTA

July 18, 2017 at 6:18 PM
Industry sources believe the administration's use of the intellectual property language in the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority law in its objectives for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement could mean the new NAFTA IP chapter will look very similar to the one the Obama administration negotiated as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. One source said there is a “high probability” the U.S. will put forward a NAFTA IP chapter that is similar to TPP's, while another said...

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