Trade held hostage to IP — it’s anti-development

Trade held hostage to IP — it’s anti-development

December, 2013
Philippa Dee
Now that the intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been leaked, our worst fears are confirmed — IP in TPP is OTT. This would be bad enough on its own. What is less well recognised is that the trade liberalisation agenda is being held hostage to the IP agenda, and the result is inimical to development.