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Kimberlee G Weatherall

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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).

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Tpp – Australian Section-By-Section Analysis Of The Enforcement Provisions Of The August Leaked Draft, Kimberlee G. Weatherall Oct 2013

Tpp – Australian Section-By-Section Analysis Of The Enforcement Provisions Of The August Leaked Draft, Kimberlee G. Weatherall

Kimberlee G Weatherall

This paper analyses the leaked 30 August 2013 text of the TPP IP Chapter from an Australian perspective, focusing on the enforcement provisions only. The goal is to assess the compatibility of provisions in the current draft with Australian law and Australia’s international obligations: including TRIPS and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA).

Reading the IP provisions of the TPP IP chapter leak dated August 2013 is a maddening, dispiriting process. The provisions are written like legislation, not treaty, suggesting a complete lack of good faith and trust on the part of the negotiating countries. There are subtle tweaks of …

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