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2014

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From Kafka To Kafta: Intellectual Property, And The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Matthew Rimmer Dec 2014

From Kafka To Kafta: Intellectual Property, And The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement 2014 (KAFTA) is a Kafkaesque agreement – with its secret texts, speculative claims, and shadowy tribunals. Australia and South Korea have signed a new free trade agreement - the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement2014 (KAFTA). Is it a fair trade fairytale? Or is it a dirty deal done dirt cheap? Or somewhere in between? It is hard to tell, given the initial secrecy of the negotiations, and the complexity of the texts of the agreement. There has been much debate in the Australian Parliament over the transparency of the trade agreement; the scope of market access …


Submission On The Ip Chapter Of The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Kimberlee G. Weatherall May 2014

Submission On The Ip Chapter Of The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Kimberlee G. Weatherall

Kimberlee G Weatherall

This submission considers (and criticises) the IP Chapter of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement. It identifies new obligations, and raises concerns with detailed aspects of the chapter. The submission was made to two committees of the Commonwealth of Australia Parliament, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References. A slightly corrected version was uploaded on 16 June 2014 (correcting the article citation for KAFTA art 13.9.28 under heading 5).