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US-Turkey BIT (1990)
US-Romania BIT (1994)
US-Albania BIT (1998)
US-Armenia BIT (1996)
US-Croatia BIT (2001)
US-Estonia BIT (1997)
US-Georgia BIT (1997)
Why we say no to CAFTA
This document is the product of a collective effort by a group of Central American and U.S. women and men. It is part of a comprehensive public-education campaign on the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) being carried out by Central American and U.S. organizations in the Bloque Popular Centraomericano and the Hemispheric Social Alliance.
Expanding Intellectual Property’s Empire: The Role of FTAs
Intellectual property rights were important to chemical firms in nineteenth century Europe and to US and European pharmaceutical companies in the twentieth century. The relationship was one of mutual importance. Because these companies wanted intellectual property rights, especially patents they took an interest in lobbying governments on their design.