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: GamePolitics.comReport: USA behind lack of transparency in ACTA meetings
By james_fudge
Is the United States government behind the gag order that doesn't allow European Commissioner members to talk about those super secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) meetings? According to a report on Euractiv, that's what many European politicians are saying.
According to that report, US officials have blocked European attempts to publish the latest draft of the global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on the EU website after a round of negotiations in August. Those negotiations took place in Washington D.C.
The European Commission, which has been feeling the heat from lobby groups, the public, and the European Parliament over greater transparency in the negotiations, debriefed MEPs on the August negotiations Sept. 1. MEPs want to see the a full transcript of the meetings because they will be asked to give ACTA their consent in a vote later this year. Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 03, 2010 (boomark / email).
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