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U.S. Trade Representative Releases Text of Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Critics and Supporters Debate Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

2 For discussion of an earlier draft of the agreement and of the controversy surrounding the negotiations, see Fellmeth, Aaron X., The Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement in the Public Eye, ASIL Insights (June 24, 2010)Google Scholar.

3 U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, Statement from Ambassador Ron Kirk Regarding Public Release of ACTA Text (Oct. 2, 2010), at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2010/october/statementambassador-ron-kirk-regarding-public-rel/.

4 International Experts Find that Pending Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement Threatens Public Interests (June 23, 2010) (communiqué), at http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/acta-communique/.

5 Castro, Daniel, ACTA Critics Oppose Strict IP Enforcement, Not Just Text of Agreement (July 6, 2010) (citations omitted), at http://www.itif.org/publications/acta-critics-oppose-strict-ip-enforcement-not-just-textagreement/ Google Scholar.