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Updated Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – IP Chapter

174 points by r0h1n 12y ago

ccvannorman 12y ago
I've seen TPP come up in the news before, and it infuriates me. Only YOU can prevent global legal catastrophes. Get involved. https://act.eff.org/action/speak-out-against-the-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement https://act.eff.org/action/speak-out-against-the-trans-pacif...
- mihok 12y ago
  Is eff only for US? Seems the form from the link you provided is only for sending messages to US politicians.. would be nice if all countries involved had a form like this.
  - wavefunction 12y ago
    When you find a problem, you're really just found a new project.
  - _delirium 12y ago
    For direct political lobbying yes. Some of their issues are transnational (like when they put pressure on companies), and they criticize governments worldwide. But when they directly lobby politicians it's typically only the American ones. It can get legally tricky to do otherwise, because many countries have laws restricting foreign organizations from becoming directly involved in elections/campaigning. In some European countries, one of the members of EDRi might be worth looking into (some are more politically active than others): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Digital_Rights#Members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Digital_Rights#Member...
teachingaway 12y ago
As an IP lawyer, I'd like to say that reading this draft document is super boring. The parts that I skimmed (less than 10%) was all just harmless procedural rules. Can someone point out or quote the controversial parts? Here's the skeleton ToC and a few highlights: A: General Provisions [seems boring] B: Cooperation [seems boring] C: Trademarks D: Geographical Indications E: Patents [including genetic stuff - probably controversial] - Article QQ.E.2387: {Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources} F: Industrial Designs G: Copyright - [basically Fair Use:] - Article QQ.G.Y: {Limitations and Exceptions} - "Each Party shall endeavor to achieve an appropriate balance in its copyright and related rights system, inter alia by means of limitations or exceptions... including those for the digital environment, giving due consideration to legitimate purposes such as, but not limited to: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, and other similar purposes..." - [DRM stuff:] - Article QQ.G.10: {Technological Protection Measures} H: Enforcement
- ibisum 12y ago
  The most controversial part of this for me is this: [NZ/CL/PE/VN/BN/MY/SG/CA4/MX5 propose; US/JP oppose: The objectives of this Chapter are: Who are these parties and why are they negotiating this in secret, away from the public eye. If it is just mundane boilerplate (not finished reading yet) then I have to say that the most surprising thing of all is that we are being governed by copy/paste. I don't think that is the case here.
  - snowwrestler 12y ago
    New Zealand / Chile / Peru / Vietnam / Brunei / Malaysia / Singapore / Canada / Mexico propose; United States / Japan oppose. International agreements are always negotiated privately before being submitted to legislatures for public comment and ratification. Domestic laws are done the same way. The terms of any major bill before the U.S. Congress, for instance, are first negotiated in private among a smaller group of legislators before being introduced for public debate and amendment. Business deals are usually done the same way. Two companies considering a merger negotiate the terms in private first, then present the deal to their boards/shareholders for approval.
    - beagle3 12y ago
      While that is true, it does not mean that this is right. Do note that domestic laws are actually brought up for discussion, and (at least in democratic countries), often have non trivial changes applied, some items dropped altogether, etc. Similarly, a merger is brought to a vote/discussion, and the terms often change during this discussion - e.g., shareholders want more cash / more equity, and stuff like that. Agreements like the TPP are take-it-or-leave-it, meaning there's basically no discussion except by the unelected negotiators - which, especially in WIPO related issues, seem to have their past and future employers' interest in mind more than they represent their public.
    - canvia 12y ago
      Domestic laws are also written for legislators by corporations through organizations such as ALEC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_... The best interests of the people being impacted are not being protected. Citizens are being excluded from a process that is supposed to be democratic. It is corrupt.
chippy 12y ago
Wikileaks press release for background https://www.wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/pressrelease/ https://www.wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/pressrelease/
- dmix 12y ago
  Highlighting what has changed: > Although there have been a couple of additional rounds of talks since this text, little has changed in them and it is clear that the negotiations are stalling and that the issues raised in this document will be very much on the table in Australia this month. > some controversial and damaging areas have had little change; issues surrounding digital rights have moved little. However, there are significant industry-favouring additions within the areas of pharmaceuticals and patents. These additions are likely to affect access to important medicines such as cancer drugs and will also weaken the requirements needed to patent genes in plants, which will impact small farmers and boost the dominance of large agricultural corporations like Monsanto. > some areas that were highlighted after WikiLeaks' last IP Chapter release have seen alterations that reflect the controversy; surgical method patents have been removed from the text. Doctors' groups said this was vitally important for allowing doctors to engage in medical procedures without fear of a lawsuit for providing the best care for their patients. Opposition is increasing to remove the provision proposed by the US and Japan that would require granting of patents for new drugs that are slightly altered from a previous patented one (evergreening), a technique by the pharmaceutical industry to prolong market monopoly.
ccarter84 12y ago
Bill Moyers did a pretty solid piece on this. http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade-deal-you-need-to-know-about/ http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade...
canvia 12y ago
Related articles expanding on this leak: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/07235828845/leaked-tpp-ip-chapter-would-lead-to-much-greater-online-surveillance-because-hollywood-still-hates-internet.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/07235828845/leake... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/05300128842/latest-intellectual-property-chapter-tpp-agreement-leaked-would-be-disaster-public-health.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/05300128842/lates...
ebauch 12y ago
I uploaded it at openrev.org so people can actually comment and highlight the important parts and created a wikileaks group for future documents :) http://www.openrev.org/paper/secret-tpp-treaty-intellectual-property-chapter-working-document-for-all-12-nations-with?gr_link=2801 http://www.openrev.org/paper/secret-tpp-treaty-intellectual-...
teslaberry 12y ago
hint for non lawyers-------if you want to understand a document or a legal set of rules-----skip ALL THE BULLSHIT FIRST---------go straight to that part of the document which describes the 'default' or 'termination' and those rules pertaining to 'recourse' 'punishmnet' and 'jurisdiction' . knowing what defines the actual breakage of the agreement, or when something breaks, ---what happens. then you can go back and read all the boring crap that your laywer might need to know at some point after you did whatever you wanted to do.
DavidEHSmith 12y ago
“But, WILL INDIA & CHINA SUPPORT PUTIN (BRICS); The WHITE KNIGHT”? TPP, CETA, C-CIT SHAREHOLDERS & NON Shareholders AWAIT SUPREME COURT of CANADA'S, et al FINDINGS, et al to PROCEED. It will be good for, not only the NON shareholders of the enterprises that will be generated by the on-going global "cooperation" of corporate treaties, agreements, partnerships, et al, including the China - Canada Investment Treaty, The Trans Pacific Partnership, the EU - Canada CETA, but, for the potential shareholders, as well, who are quite interested to know if President Xi Jinping (China) will support Russia as a co-member of B.R.I.C.S. when President Putin uses his potential role as "The White Knight". And, while President Putin's potential support as “The WHITE KNIGHT” in the development of the CETAgreement, et al, litigation below can dramatically off-set the hundreds of billions of dollars due to the present & future sanctions leveled by American led, et al, corporations & financial institutions via their governments' signing their global corporate economic treaties/”arrangements”, and the potential for making trillions of dollars for the Russian economy over the next 30 - 40 years & beyond, are the citizens (SHAREHOLDERS & NON shareholders) of Germany & JAPAN just being prudent in wanting to wait for the outcome of: 1) the submission to The SUPREME COURT of CANADA & the highest court in Germany, et al, to make their findings regarding “The Submission”: "The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, et al v the harmless Canadian NON shareholders, et al"? and 2) "The MERKEL Lette; To Sue, or, Be Sued”? (see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com ) Have the federal representatives of the nations that are the potential signatories of CETA, TPP, et al, willingly provided the NON shareholders of China, Canada, Europe, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, with the aforementioned information? Are the federal representatives, et al, depriving the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, of the due diligence information that enables the family of the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, to make informed decisions regarding their financial planning? And, would a reasonable person conclude by a preponderance of the evidence, &/or, beyond a reasonable doubt, that these documents, et al, demonstrate that the SHAREHOLDERS of AMERICA, CANADA , the EU & Trans Pacific nations, et al, really do not care which NON shareholders pay them the punitive penalties, etc., by way of their secret (“Death-Star Chamber”) TRIBUNALS, as long as its not the SHAREHOLDERS who pay & not their corporations regardless of which country the corporations: 1) operating from, 2) maintain their headquarters, 3) use to do their cyber banking, accounting, "taxation", etc. & 4) et al? And, re; the CHINA – Canada Investment Treaty, is it understandable why the “coveted” Hong Kong investor & his associates are “concerned” with the aforementioned findings of The SUPREME COURT of CANADA, et al, & the effects of the findings, et al, on the EU, AMERICA, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, treaties with CHINA, et al? In regard to arms sales; how about the sale of arms (non nuclear) in general in regard to the "trade" treaties that are continuing to be secretly negotiated and how will the Tribunals, both; B.R.I.C.S. & non BRICS, adjudicate, decide & penalize the NON SHAREHOLDERS for the sale of legitimate, semi- legitimate & "illegal" sales of arms within the signatories nations & the those of others, &/or, unaligned? Of particular, interest is China, which does have an treaty with Canada, which puts China "at odds" with other arms manufacturing & nuclear powers that it (China) does not have any "arrangements" with. Are these types of questions that your politicians & the corporate lobbyists calls "forget-me-nots" ("Buyer Beware") that will be (maybe) worked out after the fast tracked signatures are obtained? On the other hand, it may be worth repeating yet again, "What the TREATY of VERSAILLES was to the 20th century PALES in COMPARISON to the TPP, CETA, C-CIT, NAFTA, et al, in the 21st". David E.H. Smith - Researcher - “Qui tam..." For more Information & Questions re; The Relationship between Human (Nature) Rights & Economics by way of the C-CI Treaty, the CET Agreement, TPP, et al, and The WAD Accord & List of RECENT ARTICLES, LETTERS & NOTIFICATIONS by DEHS. see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com
DavidEHSmith 12y ago
“But, WILL INDIA & CHINA SUPPORT PUTIN (BRICS); The WHITE KNIGHT”? TPP, CETA, C-CIT SHAREHOLDERS & NON Shareholders AWAIT SUPREME COURT of CANADA'S, et al FINDINGS, et al to PROCEED. It will be good for, not only the NON shareholders of the enterprises that will be generated by the on-going global "cooperation" of corporate treaties, agreements, partnerships, et al, including the China - Canada Investment Treaty, The Trans Pacific Partnership, the EU - Canada CETA, but, for the potential shareholders, as well, who are quite interested to know if President Xi Jinping (China) will support Russia as a co-member of B.R.I.C.S. when President Putin uses his potential role as "The White Knight". And, while President Putin's potential support as “The WHITE KNIGHT” in the development of the CETAgreement, et al, litigation below can dramatically off-set the hundreds of billions of dollars due to the present & future sanctions leveled by American led, et al, corporations & financial institutions via their governments' signing their global corporate economic treaties/”arrangements”, and the potential for making trillions of dollars for the Russian economy over the next 30 - 40 years & beyond, are the citizens (SHAREHOLDERS & NON shareholders) of Germany & JAPAN just being prudent in wanting to wait for the outcome of: 1) the submission to The SUPREME COURT of CANADA & the highest court in Germany, et al, to make their findings regarding “The Submission”: "The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, et al v the harmless Canadian NON shareholders, et al"? and 2) "The MERKEL Lette; To Sue, or, Be Sued”? (see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com ) Have the federal representatives of the nations that are the potential signatories of CETA, TPP, et al, willingly provided the NON shareholders of China, Canada, Europe, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, with the aforementioned information? Are the federal representatives, et al, depriving the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, of the due diligence information that enables the family of the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, to make informed decisions regarding their financial planning? And, would a reasonable person conclude by a preponderance of the evidence, &/or, beyond a reasonable doubt, that these documents, et al, demonstrate that the SHAREHOLDERS of AMERICA, CANADA , the EU & Trans Pacific nations, et al, really do not care which NON shareholders pay them the punitive penalties, etc., by way of their secret (“Death-Star Chamber”) TRIBUNALS, as long as its not the SHAREHOLDERS who pay & not their corporations regardless of which country the corporations: 1) operating from, 2) maintain their headquarters, 3) use to do their cyber banking, accounting, "taxation", etc. & 4) et al? And, re; the CHINA – Canada Investment Treaty, is it understandable why the “coveted” Hong Kong investor & his associates are “concerned” with the aforementioned findings of The SUPREME COURT of CANADA, et al, & the effects of the findings, et al, on the EU, AMERICA, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, treaties with CHINA, et al? In regard to arms sales; how about the sale of arms (non nuclear) in general in regard to the "trade" treaties that are continuing to be secretly negotiated and how will the Tribunals, both; B.R.I.C.S. & non BRICS, adjudicate, decide & penalize the NON SHAREHOLDERS for the sale of legitimate, semi- legitimate & "illegal" sales of arms within the signatories nations & the those of others, &/or, unaligned? Of particular, interest is China, which does have an treaty with Canada, which puts China "at odds" with other arms manufacturing & nuclear powers that it (China) does not have any "arrangements" with. Are these types of questions that your politicians & the corporate lobbyists calls "forget-me-nots" ("Buyer Beware") that will be (maybe) worked out after the fast tracked signatures are obtained? On the other hand, it may be worth repeating yet again, "What the TREATY of VERSAILLES was to the 20th century PALES in COMPARISON to the TPP, CETA, C-CIT, NAFTA, et al, in the 21st". David E.H. Smith - Researcher - “Qui tam..." For more Information & Questions re; The Relationship between Human (Nature) Rights & Economics by way of the C-CI Treaty, the CET Agreement, TPP, et al, and The WAD Accord & List of RECENT ARTICLES, LETTERS & NOTIFICATIONS by DEHS. see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com

174 points by r0h1n 12y ago

I've seen TPP come up in the news before, and it infuriates me. Only YOU can prevent global legal catastrophes. Get involved. https://act.eff.org/action/speak-out-against-the-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement https://act.eff.org/action/speak-out-against-the-trans-pacif...

mihok 12y ago
Is eff only for US? Seems the form from the link you provided is only for sending messages to US politicians.. would be nice if all countries involved had a form like this.
- wavefunction 12y ago
  When you find a problem, you're really just found a new project.
- _delirium 12y ago
  For direct political lobbying yes. Some of their issues are transnational (like when they put pressure on companies), and they criticize governments worldwide. But when they directly lobby politicians it's typically only the American ones. It can get legally tricky to do otherwise, because many countries have laws restricting foreign organizations from becoming directly involved in elections/campaigning. In some European countries, one of the members of EDRi might be worth looking into (some are more politically active than others): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Digital_Rights#Members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Digital_Rights#Member...

teachingaway 12y ago

As an IP lawyer, I'd like to say that reading this draft document is super boring. The parts that I skimmed (less than 10%) was all just harmless procedural rules. Can someone point out or quote the controversial parts? Here's the skeleton ToC and a few highlights: A: General Provisions [seems boring] B: Cooperation [seems boring] C: Trademarks D: Geographical Indications E: Patents [including genetic stuff - probably controversial] - Article QQ.E.2387: {Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources} F: Industrial Designs G: Copyright - [basically Fair Use:] - Article QQ.G.Y: {Limitations and Exceptions} - "Each Party shall endeavor to achieve an appropriate balance in its copyright and related rights system, inter alia by means of limitations or exceptions... including those for the digital environment, giving due consideration to legitimate purposes such as, but not limited to: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, and other similar purposes..." - [DRM stuff:] - Article QQ.G.10: {Technological Protection Measures} H: Enforcement

ibisum 12y ago
The most controversial part of this for me is this: [NZ/CL/PE/VN/BN/MY/SG/CA4/MX5 propose; US/JP oppose: The objectives of this Chapter are: Who are these parties and why are they negotiating this in secret, away from the public eye. If it is just mundane boilerplate (not finished reading yet) then I have to say that the most surprising thing of all is that we are being governed by copy/paste. I don't think that is the case here.
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  New Zealand / Chile / Peru / Vietnam / Brunei / Malaysia / Singapore / Canada / Mexico propose; United States / Japan oppose. International agreements are always negotiated privately before being submitted to legislatures for public comment and ratification. Domestic laws are done the same way. The terms of any major bill before the U.S. Congress, for instance, are first negotiated in private among a smaller group of legislators before being introduced for public debate and amendment. Business deals are usually done the same way. Two companies considering a merger negotiate the terms in private first, then present the deal to their boards/shareholders for approval.
  - beagle3 12y ago
    While that is true, it does not mean that this is right. Do note that domestic laws are actually brought up for discussion, and (at least in democratic countries), often have non trivial changes applied, some items dropped altogether, etc. Similarly, a merger is brought to a vote/discussion, and the terms often change during this discussion - e.g., shareholders want more cash / more equity, and stuff like that. Agreements like the TPP are take-it-or-leave-it, meaning there's basically no discussion except by the unelected negotiators - which, especially in WIPO related issues, seem to have their past and future employers' interest in mind more than they represent their public.
  - canvia 12y ago
    Domestic laws are also written for legislators by corporations through organizations such as ALEC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_... The best interests of the people being impacted are not being protected. Citizens are being excluded from a process that is supposed to be democratic. It is corrupt.

chippy 12y ago

Wikileaks press release for background https://www.wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/pressrelease/ https://www.wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/pressrelease/

dmix 12y ago
Highlighting what has changed: > Although there have been a couple of additional rounds of talks since this text, little has changed in them and it is clear that the negotiations are stalling and that the issues raised in this document will be very much on the table in Australia this month. > some controversial and damaging areas have had little change; issues surrounding digital rights have moved little. However, there are significant industry-favouring additions within the areas of pharmaceuticals and patents. These additions are likely to affect access to important medicines such as cancer drugs and will also weaken the requirements needed to patent genes in plants, which will impact small farmers and boost the dominance of large agricultural corporations like Monsanto. > some areas that were highlighted after WikiLeaks' last IP Chapter release have seen alterations that reflect the controversy; surgical method patents have been removed from the text. Doctors' groups said this was vitally important for allowing doctors to engage in medical procedures without fear of a lawsuit for providing the best care for their patients. Opposition is increasing to remove the provision proposed by the US and Japan that would require granting of patents for new drugs that are slightly altered from a previous patented one (evergreening), a technique by the pharmaceutical industry to prolong market monopoly.

ccarter84 12y ago

Bill Moyers did a pretty solid piece on this. http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade-deal-you-need-to-know-about/ http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade...

canvia 12y ago

Related articles expanding on this leak: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/07235828845/leaked-tpp-ip-chapter-would-lead-to-much-greater-online-surveillance-because-hollywood-still-hates-internet.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/07235828845/leake... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/05300128842/latest-intellectual-property-chapter-tpp-agreement-leaked-would-be-disaster-public-health.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141016/05300128842/lates...

ebauch 12y ago

I uploaded it at openrev.org so people can actually comment and highlight the important parts and created a wikileaks group for future documents :) http://www.openrev.org/paper/secret-tpp-treaty-intellectual-property-chapter-working-document-for-all-12-nations-with?gr_link=2801 http://www.openrev.org/paper/secret-tpp-treaty-intellectual-...

teslaberry 12y ago

hint for non lawyers-------if you want to understand a document or a legal set of rules-----skip ALL THE BULLSHIT FIRST---------go straight to that part of the document which describes the 'default' or 'termination' and those rules pertaining to 'recourse' 'punishmnet' and 'jurisdiction' . knowing what defines the actual breakage of the agreement, or when something breaks, ---what happens. then you can go back and read all the boring crap that your laywer might need to know at some point after you did whatever you wanted to do.

DavidEHSmith 12y ago

“But, WILL INDIA & CHINA SUPPORT PUTIN (BRICS); The WHITE KNIGHT”? TPP, CETA, C-CIT SHAREHOLDERS & NON Shareholders AWAIT SUPREME COURT of CANADA'S, et al FINDINGS, et al to PROCEED. It will be good for, not only the NON shareholders of the enterprises that will be generated by the on-going global "cooperation" of corporate treaties, agreements, partnerships, et al, including the China - Canada Investment Treaty, The Trans Pacific Partnership, the EU - Canada CETA, but, for the potential shareholders, as well, who are quite interested to know if President Xi Jinping (China) will support Russia as a co-member of B.R.I.C.S. when President Putin uses his potential role as "The White Knight". And, while President Putin's potential support as “The WHITE KNIGHT” in the development of the CETAgreement, et al, litigation below can dramatically off-set the hundreds of billions of dollars due to the present & future sanctions leveled by American led, et al, corporations & financial institutions via their governments' signing their global corporate economic treaties/”arrangements”, and the potential for making trillions of dollars for the Russian economy over the next 30 - 40 years & beyond, are the citizens (SHAREHOLDERS & NON shareholders) of Germany & JAPAN just being prudent in wanting to wait for the outcome of: 1) the submission to The SUPREME COURT of CANADA & the highest court in Germany, et al, to make their findings regarding “The Submission”: "The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, et al v the harmless Canadian NON shareholders, et al"? and 2) "The MERKEL Lette; To Sue, or, Be Sued”? (see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com ) Have the federal representatives of the nations that are the potential signatories of CETA, TPP, et al, willingly provided the NON shareholders of China, Canada, Europe, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, with the aforementioned information? Are the federal representatives, et al, depriving the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, of the due diligence information that enables the family of the NON shareholders of Canada, et al, to make informed decisions regarding their financial planning? And, would a reasonable person conclude by a preponderance of the evidence, &/or, beyond a reasonable doubt, that these documents, et al, demonstrate that the SHAREHOLDERS of AMERICA, CANADA , the EU & Trans Pacific nations, et al, really do not care which NON shareholders pay them the punitive penalties, etc., by way of their secret (“Death-Star Chamber”) TRIBUNALS, as long as its not the SHAREHOLDERS who pay & not their corporations regardless of which country the corporations: 1) operating from, 2) maintain their headquarters, 3) use to do their cyber banking, accounting, "taxation", etc. & 4) et al? And, re; the CHINA – Canada Investment Treaty, is it understandable why the “coveted” Hong Kong investor & his associates are “concerned” with the aforementioned findings of The SUPREME COURT of CANADA, et al, & the effects of the findings, et al, on the EU, AMERICA, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, treaties with CHINA, et al? In regard to arms sales; how about the sale of arms (non nuclear) in general in regard to the "trade" treaties that are continuing to be secretly negotiated and how will the Tribunals, both; B.R.I.C.S. & non BRICS, adjudicate, decide & penalize the NON SHAREHOLDERS for the sale of legitimate, semi- legitimate & "illegal" sales of arms within the signatories nations & the those of others, &/or, unaligned? Of particular, interest is China, which does have an treaty with Canada, which puts China "at odds" with other arms manufacturing & nuclear powers that it (China) does not have any "arrangements" with. Are these types of questions that your politicians & the corporate lobbyists calls "forget-me-nots" ("Buyer Beware") that will be (maybe) worked out after the fast tracked signatures are obtained? On the other hand, it may be worth repeating yet again, "What the TREATY of VERSAILLES was to the 20th century PALES in COMPARISON to the TPP, CETA, C-CIT, NAFTA, et al, in the 21st". David E.H. Smith - Researcher - “Qui tam..." For more Information & Questions re; The Relationship between Human (Nature) Rights & Economics by way of the C-CI Treaty, the CET Agreement, TPP, et al, and The WAD Accord & List of RECENT ARTICLES, LETTERS & NOTIFICATIONS by DEHS. see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com

DavidEHSmith 12y ago