Canada Concludes Negotiations On Free Trade Agreement With Trans-Pacific Partners

Canada and eleven other countries, including Australia, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and Singapore, have entered into an agreement to create the world's largest free-trade zone.  The text of the TPP deal, which sets common standards on a wide variety of issues relating to trade, including intellectual property, was released on November 5, 2015.  The agreement will need to be ratified by each of the participating countries, including Canada, before coming into force.  Chapter 18 of the TPP agreement addresses Intellectual Property and provides that the objectives of the chapter are to facilitate the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights such that it contributes to: