USTR Announces Start of 10th Round of TPP Talks on IPR, Origin, Etc.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on December 7, 2011 that the 10th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are currently taking place in Kuala Lumpur. Over the course of this week, negotiators will meet on the following issues: cross-border trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights, and rules of origin. Negotiators will also meet bilaterally on market access issues. Negotiators from the nine TPP member countries include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
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(See ITT's Online Archives 11120713 for summary of USTR issuing a TPP "green" paper on its proposal for a TPP conservation framework addressing illegal trade in wildlife, timber, etc.
See ITT’s Online Archives 11120625 for summary of USTR seeking comments on Canada, Japan and Mexico’s interest in joining the TPP talks.
See ITT's Online Archives 11111413 for summary of the TPP Ministers' report on TPP negotiations.
See ITT’s Online Archives 11111518 for USTR overview of the legal texts of the TPP for customs, rules of origin, textiles, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives 11103127 for summary of USTR saying considerable progress was made in the ninth round of TPP talks.)