USTR has published its annual report, compiled with assistance from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, and State. The report, describes the government’s work to strengthen IP norms and enforcement, including through ACTA and other Free Trade Agreements; through trade preference programs such as the GSP and AGOA; and through bilateral mechanisms such as the Special 301 report. It also includes a section on USTR’s efforts to increase transparency in trade policy.
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Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.
