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REGIONS: Africa & Middle East | Asia & Pacific | Latin America | All

ACP states (all laws)

Partnership Agreement between ACP and the EC (2000, in force)
(1008kb) 
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi !celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=22000A1215 (01)&model=guichett
Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States, Official Journal L 317 of 15... (Read more)

Africa, Eastern and Southern (all laws)

EU-ESA Economic Partnership Agreement (2006, draft)
(469kb) 
http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article= 6014
Draft Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) countries, under the Cotonou Agreemen... (Read more)

ALCA / FTAA (all laws)

Area Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA) (2003, draft)(Size: 304kb)
3er borrador de capitulo sobre derechos de propriadad intellectual

Translation: Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (2003, draft)(Size: 215kb)
Draft Agreement, Chapter on Intellectual Property Rights Latin America (potentially all countries except Cuba)

Bangladesh (all laws)

Agreement between EC and Bangladesh (1999, draft)
(59kb) 
Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of Bangladesh on partnership and development, OJ C143 of 21 May 1999, A... (Read more)

Cambodia (all laws)

Agreement between US and Cambodia (1996, in force)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_D ocuments/CambodiaTrade.html
Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Cambodia on Trade Relations and Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Article XI.... (Read more)

Caribbean (all laws)

US-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (2000, in force)
http://www.mac.doc.gov/CBI/Legislation/cbileg-00.h tm
Section B.211.5.b.ii

Central America (all laws)

US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (2004, draft)
(83kb) 
Chapter 15, as agreed by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua (and potentially Dominican Republic)

Chile (all laws)

US-Chile Free Trade Agreement, chapter 17 (2002, in force)
(80kb) 

Ecuador (all laws)

Agreement between the US and Ecuador (1993, draft)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_D ocuments/EcuadorIntellectual.html
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ecuador Concerning the Protection and Enforcement of Intellect... (Read more)

Jordan (all laws)

Agreement between the US and Jordan (2000, in force)
(57kb) 
http://www.ustr.gov/regions/eu-med/middleeast/US-J ordanFTA.shtml
Agreement Between the United States of America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, Articles 4.1(b), 4.18, 4... (Read more)

Mexico (all laws)

North America Free Trade Agreement (1994, in force)
http://www.mac.doc.gov/nafta/chapter17.html
Chapter 17, Intellectual Property, Article 1701.2 and Annex 1701.3 (1994, in force)

Mongolia (all laws)

Agreement between US and Mongolia (1991, in force)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_2 /MongoliaTrade.html
Agreement on Trade Relations between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic, Article 9(c... (Read more)

Morocco (all laws)

Euro-Mediterranean Agreement / Morocco (2000, in force)
(670kb) 
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of... (Read more)

US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (2004, in force)
(95kb) 
Final agreed text, 2004 (Chapter 15 - Intellectual Property Rights)

Nicaragua (all laws)

Agreement between the US and Nicaragua (1998, in force)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_2 /NicaraguaIPR.html
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning Protection of Intellectual... (Read more)

Peru (all laws)

Andean Trade Preference Act (1991, in force)
http://www.mac.doc.gov/atpa/webmain/legislation1.h tm
Andean Trade Preference Act of the United States government, Section 3202(d)9 and 3202(c)2b.ii

Singapore (all laws)

US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, Art 16.1 and 16.7 (2003, in force)
(483kb) 

South Africa (all laws)

Agreement between EC and South Africa (1999, in force)
(693kb) 
Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Afric... (Read more)

Sri Lanka (all laws)

Agreement between US and Sri Lanka (2001, in force)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_2 /Sri_Lanka_Intellectual_Property/Sri_Lanka_Intelle ctual_Property.html
Agreement on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights between the United States of America and the Democratic Socialist Republic... (Read more)

Trinidad and Tobago (all laws)

Agreement between US and Trinidad and Tobago (1994, in force)
http://199.88.185.106/tcc/data/commerce_html/TCC_2 /TrinidadTobago_Intellectual_Property/TrinidadToba go_Intellectual_Property.html
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago Concerning Protection of ... (Read more)

Tunisia (all laws)

Euro-Mediterranean Agreement and Tunisia (1998, in force)
(79kb) 
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic o... (Read more)

Viet Nam (all laws)

Agreement between Switzerland and Vietnam (in German) (1999, in force)
(27kb) 
Abkommen zwischen dem Schweizerischen Bundesrat und der Sozialistischen Republik Vietnam über den Schutz des geistigen Eigentums und über die Zusammen... (Read more)

Agreement between the US and Viet Nam (2000, in force)
http://usembassy.state.gov/vietnam/wwwhbta.html
Agreement between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Trade Relations, Chapter II, Articles 1.3 and 7.2(c)