ISDS Case Map
intellectual property
A BIMSTEC Free Trade Area agreement was signed in last February. The agreement covers trade in goods, services and investment. Negotiations are progressing well on specific issues. The Agreement would come into force from July 2006.
The recently concluded round of US-Thai FTA negotiations brought little contentment for the Thais, especially those with direct interests in maintaining the existing degree of intellectual property right (IPR) protection already in place.
Washington said it would use the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and the out-of-cycle review to assist the Philippine government in strengthening its IPR regime.
Thailand was Robert Zoellick's first stop on a week-long visit to Southeast Asia to discuss economic, security and political issues.
The United States and the Southern African trade bloc are set to revive free trade talks next month, but analysts say intellectual property rights for urgently needed AIDS drugs remain a stumbling block.
This article sheds light on the evolution of free trade agreements (FTAs) and the IPR protection incorporated within such agreements. The emphasis will be on the latest free trade and investment agreements concluded between the United States and the European Union (EU) with the Arab world and their “TRIPS-Plus” nature.
The FTA with the US would tighten the intellectual property rights regime even further, offering no perceptible benefit to Thailand
Thailand-US FTA: "Whatever we have to sacrifice must be sacrificed, if that helps get a better deal"
The third round of Thailand-US free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations ended on 8 April with great disappointment for civil society activists because people's demand and concerns were cast aside.
Public health experts fear that hope might fade for thousands of the region's chronically ill if the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, is approved this year.
Fifteen years. That is how long China dragged out negotiations for its entry into the World Trade Organization. And there's no reason to believe that finalizing a comprehensive free-trade agreement with Australia will be any less painstaking.
