In advance of tbe President Obama’s trip to Brazil, USTR Ron Kirk and Brazilian Minister of External Relations Antonio de Aguiar Patriota signed an agreement establishing a “United States-Brazil Commission on Economic and Trade Relations.” The commission has a work plan that includes “intellectual property rights” without any further description. It will meet once a year or “when considered appropriate,” and will be chaired by officials from USTR, the Brazilian Ministries of External Relations, and the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and External Trade.
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