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Stakeholders: TPP-like IP chapter in NAFTA wouldn't win congressional support

May 8, 2018 at 9:12 AM
An intellectual property chapter in the North American Free Trade Agreement that is similar to what was agreed to in the Trans-Pacific Partnership would fail to garner the votes needed to win congressional approval for NAFTA 2.0, business and industry representatives pushing for stronger IP provisions tell Inside U.S. Trade. These stakeholders say the Asia-Pacific pact should serve as a warning to the Trump administration that such standards would not garner sufficient congressional support. Similarly, Canada and Mexico...

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