Today, 13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. (知的財産権)
The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP.
The WikiLeaks release of the text comes ahead of the decisive TPP Chief Negotiators summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013.
The chapter published by WikiLeaks is perhaps the most controversial chapter of the
TPP due to its wide-ranging effects on
medicines,(医薬品)
publishers, (出版)
internet services, (インターネットサービス)
civil liberties (市民の自由)
and biological patents. (生物学的パテント)
Significantly, the released text includes the negotiation positions and disagreements between all 12 prospective member states.
The TPP is the forerunner to the equally secret US-EU pact TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), for which President Obama initiated US-EU negotiations in January 2013.
Together, the TPP and TTIP will cover more than 60 per cent of global GDP. Read full press release here