Force? Hardly. Read it for yourself: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/21november2011/treaties/anti_counterfeiting_text.pdf http://www.aph.gov.au/house

Force? Hardly. Read it for yourself: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/21november2011/treaties/anti_counterfeiting_text.pdf http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/21november2011/tr... In particular, Article 14. ARTICLE 14: SMALL CONSIGNMENTS AND PERSONAL LUGGAGE 1. Each Party shall include in the application of this Section goods of a commercial nature sent in small consignments. 2. A Party may exclude from the application of this Section small quantities of goods of a non-commercial nature contained in travellers’ personal luggage. Note it is may exclude and as such it's up to the individual countries on how they implement this. I've contacted my government representatives (Australia) to find out their position on this section. Edit: More information in this fact sheet http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/factsheet.html http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/factsheet.html