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The ACTA Transparency Scorecard

By Michael Geist

With yesterday's leak of a Dutch government document revealing the positions on ACTA transparency of many of the negotiating partners, it is worth taking stock of the current positions on the issue:

Country	Position on ACTA Transparency
Australia	Support
Canada	Support
Japan	Support
New Zealand	Support
Singapore	Oppose
South Korea	Oppose
United States	Neutral (but indication that oppose)
European Commission	Oppose (fear it would set precedent for other trade talks)
Austria	Support
Belgium	Oppose
Denmark	Oppose
Estonia	Support
Finland	Support
France	Support (but fear U.S. retaliation)
Germany	Oppose
Hungary	Support
Ireland	Support
Italy	Support (but fear U.S. retaliation)
Netherlands	Support
Poland	Support
Portugal	Oppose
Sweden	Support
United Kingdom	Support

Remaining European Union countries with positions unknown: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.

Remaining ACTA countries with positions unknown: Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland.

If anyone has further updated information, feel free to email or post in the comments.

Full post as published by Michael Geist on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).