LXer: Copyleft Terms May Become Unenforceable in 11 Countries under CPTPP
 

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The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans PacificPartnership (CPTPP) is an enormous (roughly 6,000-page) treatybetween Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam that was signed in Chile onMarch 8, 2018. So far, only Mexico and Japan have ratified it. CPTPP is almostidentical to the original TPP, which included those 11 countries plusthe United States. In early 2017, the US withdrew from the treaty,which its President had previously described as a "terrible deal".

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