The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement needs to have strong...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement needs to have strong intellectual protections without carveouts, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center CEO David Hirschmann told the Senate Finance Committee during a Wednesday hearing on the trade agreement. It’s important that U.S.…
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negotiators ensure that the agreement protects IP, which “generates jobs, stimulates innovation, ensures consumer safety and, probably not as well understood, … ensures that we are able to take new, innovative products to markets around the world,” he said. “Some countries are moving in the wrong direction,” he said, citing “recent negative trends, for example, in India.” The agreement should have strong protections without exceptions proposed by other countries, he continued. “If you don’t move forward, you are indeed falling back. Technology changes."