Intellectual Property Rights and Global Trade
Enforcing IP rights is a key component of international trade
Intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement are key components of U.S. trade policy, and the United States plays a leading role in global IPR trade. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to legislate and oversee IPR matters in U.S. trade policy. Since 1988, Congress has included IPR protection as a principal ob jective in U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations…
