Public Knowledge Tracks Secretive Trade Talks
Public Knowledge Tracks Secretive Trade Talks
Public Knowledge Tracks Secretive Trade Talks

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    On May 8, the latest negotiating session
    for the latest secretive trade agreement will start in Dallas and continue for
    two weeks.  The Transpacific
    Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a wide-ranging agreement being negotiated by the
    U.S. and eight countries, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New
    Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

    Like its predecessor, the
    Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), most of the work is being done
    behind doors closed to the general public.  Also like ACTA, there could be severe harmful effects on
    copyright law.  (Unlike ACTA, at
    some point the agreement will be considered by Congress.)

    Public Knowledge will be in Dallas to
    monitor the talks,  to provide a
    resource for negotiators and to make clear the need for a more public
    process.  The group also has set up
    a new Web site, http://tppinfo.org, to provide
    news, analysis and commentary from our experts and from others around the world
    about TPP.

    Here is a brief video which explains the
    importance of TPP: