Seven governors have written President Obama asking him to include in the Trans Pacific Partnership “very strong intellectual property rights provisions, consistent with U.S. law, for protecting the investments of our innovative, intellectual property-investive sectors, such as biopharmaceuticals.” The letter was signed by Govs. Martin O’Malley (D-MD), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Dan Malloy (D-CT), Jack Markell (D-DE), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Bev Perdue (D-NC) and Christine Gregoire (D-WA).
As reported by Inside U.S. Trade, the letter stressed that 3.1 million jobs in the U.S. are reliant on the sector, and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk was cc’d on the letter.
