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IP Pact Prompts Paraguay Removal From 301 Watch List

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative removed Paraguay from its 2015 Special 301 Watch List after the U.S. signed an intellectual property rights agreement with the country on June 18, USTR said in a statement (here). The agency plans…

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to conduct an out-of-cycle review on the country in the near future, the statement said. USTR released its most recent edition of the Special 301 report in late April (see 1505010009). Paraguay has "stepped up its efforts to strengthen IPR protection and enforcement" over the past 18 months, said USTR.