Posted on 07/01/2015 1:32:29 PM PDT by C19fan
A recent draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal would give U.S. pharmaceutical firms unprecedented protections against competition from cheaper generic drugs, possibly transcending the patent protections in U.S. law.
POLITICO has obtained a draft copy of TPP’s intellectual property chapter as it stood on May 11, at the start of the latest negotiating round in Guam. While U.S. trade officials would not confirm the authenticity of the document, they downplayed its importance, emphasizing that the terms of the deal are likely to change significantly as the talks enter their final stages. Those terms are still secret, but the public will get to see them once the twelve TPP nations reach a final agreement and President Obama seeks congressional approval.
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As always, follow the money.
yeah right...leak the MAY version and never mention anything about ILLEGALS AND WHAT ODUNGO IS WILLING TO ALLOW AND FROM WHERE
Sounds like make up the law in real time - a tyrant’s dream!
“When WE enforce it, YOU will find out what’s in it!”
Obama deserves respect just like Al Capone.
Congress can see the “agreement”. By appointment. In the basement. A page at a time. Can not take notes. Can not speak about it with others.
And Congress accepts this diminution, this demeaning. How are they to give their advice and consent if it can not be discussed?
How can they accept this insult?
Because they are the Uniparty the Republicans know their role is the supplicant. It’s theater.
The Republican & Democrat party must be destroyed.
What? Something worth reading at Pollutico? What’s the world comin’ to?
Truthfully, I still find it very hard to bring myself to click on the link....
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