The IP Federation has responded to the online consultations on the UK potentially seeking accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and on trade negotiations with USA, Australia and New Zealand. The deadline for responses was 26 October 2018.

In conjunction with this, it has issued a paper which sets out the IP Federation’s views on the proposals of the Department for International Trade (DIT) (insofar as they concern intellectual property rights) –

(i) to seek to accede to the CPTPP, and

(ii) to begin negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

For full details, click HERE.

To see all our policy papers, click HERE.