ACTA transparency score card
p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- With yesterday’s leak of a Dutch government document revealing the positions on ACTA transparency of many of the negotiating partners, it is worth taking stock of the current positions on the issue:
| Country | Position on ACTA Transparency |
| Australia | Support |
| Canada | Support |
| Japan | Support |
| New Zealand | Support |
| Singapore | Oppose |
| South Korea | Oppose |
| United States | Neutral (but indication that oppose) |
| European Commission | Oppose (fear it would set precedent for other trade talks) |
| Austria | Support |
| Belgium | Oppose |
| Denmark | Oppose |
| Estonia | Support |
| Finland | Support |
| France | Support (but fear U.S. retaliation) |
| Germany | Oppose |
| Hungary | Support |
| Ireland | Support |
| Italy | Support (but fear U.S. retaliation) |
| Netherlands | Support |
| Poland | Support |
| Portugal | Oppose |
| Sweden | Support |
| United Kingdom | Support |
Remaining European Union countries with positions unknown: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.
Remaining ACTA countries with positions unknown: Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland.
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With yesterday’s leak of a Dutch government document revealing the positions on ACTA transparency of many of the negotiating partners, it is worth taking stock of the current positions on the issue:
Remaining European Union countries with positions unknown: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. Remaining ACTA countries with positions unknown: Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland. |
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March 1st, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Kinda nice to know that my country and my adopted country both support transparency.
Its a clear cut case of corporate self interest that keeps this stuff secret, and there isn’t a person interested in the case who is unable to see that. So why keep lying to the public?
This whole situation is going to blow up in their faces if we make enough noise about this. Tell everyone you can think of who has enough brains to understand what is really going on, encourage them to find out more for themselves, get involved.