40 countries have reached an agreement for the highly controversial ACTA treaty, which aims to standardize counterfeiting and copyright laws across member nations.
The basic agreement was reached in Japan, and with the United States, the EU (and its 27 member countries), Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland all now in agreement to implement the provisions of the treaty for their home countries.
The details of the negotiations have been kept secret, as has the content of the treaty itself.
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The basic agreement was reached in Japan, and with the United States, the EU (and its 27 member countries), Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland all now in agreement to implement the provisions of the treaty for their home countries.
The details of the negotiations have been kept secret, as has the content of the treaty itself.
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