[Ip-health] US-Singapore FTA

Robert Weissman rob@essential.org
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:36:11 -0500


USTR reports that is has finalized substantive negotiations with
Singapore on a free trade agreement.

A pdf announcement is available at: http://www.ustr.gov/regions/asia-pacific/2002-11-19-singapore_factsheet.PDF

On intellectual property, it says the agreement includes:

Strong intellectual property protections, including signficant
improvements in the protection of intellectual property in the digital
age, as well as better legal tools for enforcing IP rights in Singapore.

The text has not yet been released.

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Robert Weissman