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title: "Landmark Trade Deal at Risk without Strong Intellectual Property Laws"
summary: |-
  To be successful the TPP must protect IP.
date: "2014-11-14"
issues: ["Trade", "Intellectual Property"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson", "Stephen Ezell"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/11/14/landmark-trade-deal-risk-without-strong-intellectual-property-laws/"
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# Landmark Trade Deal at Risk without Strong Intellectual Property Laws

The ambitious goal of creating a next-generation trade agreement through the completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aligns America with 11 of its trading partners across the Pacific region, is at risk of failing if negotiators cave in to pressures to strip it of strong intellectual property protections.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/11/14/landmark-trade-deal-risk-without-strong-intellectual-property-laws/*