[governance] FW: [A2k] "Heavy-handed" TPP tactics from US Trade Rep

[michael gurstein]

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[mailto:a2k-bounces at lists.keionline.org] On Behalf Of Peter Maybarduk
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Subject: [A2k] "Heavy-handed" TPP tactics from US Trade Rep


http://www.citizenvox.org/2012/05/25/heavy-handed-tpp-tactics/

It seems "high-quality" is being sacrificed for high speed.

Snip:

Meanwhile, negotiators of chapters that are taking time for review and input
are now getting a little punishment. For example, intellectual property
negotiators who have been appropriately scrutinizing proposals that would
transform their countries' laws regarding generic
medicines<http://infojustice.org/archives/23270>, internet freedom
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-knievel/next-sopa-going-global_b_14216
66.html> and much more, have reportedly been dragged before the assembled
Chiefs more than once to face pointed questions about what's taking so long.
USTR is driving this new tactic, which even the US Chief Negotiator
described as a more "heavy-handed approach."
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