On November 15, 2010, participants in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations announced that they have finalized the text of the Agreement.
You can read the finalized text of the agreement here.
Following legal verification of the drafting, the proposed agreement will then be ready to be submitted to the participants’ respective authorities to undertake relevant domestic processes.
USTR released the text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
You can read the text here.
You can find a guide to the text here.
Read Ambassador Kirk's statement regarding the release of the text here.
USTR previously released the draft text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
You can read the April text here.
The presence of bracketed text signals that there remained a difference of opinion among the negotiators about the text inside the brackets.
AGENDAS
The agenda for the fifth round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations can be found here.
The agenda for the sixth round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations can be found here.
The agenda for the seventh round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations can be found here.
The proposed agenda for the 8th Round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations in Wellington, New Zealand set for April 12-16, 2010 can be found here.
The proposed agenda for the 9th Round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations in Lucerne, Switzerland set for June 28-July 1, 2010 can be found here. Topics on the agenda refer to sections of the draft ACTA text, a copy of which is available above. USTR welcomes stakeholder input on the issues to be discussed.
The proposed agenda for the 10th Round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations set for August 16-20, 2010 can be found here.
The proposed agenda for the 11th Round of negotiations set for September 23-October 1, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan can be found here.
