The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is an international trade agreement being negotiated among contries of the Pacific Rim such as Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, U.S, and Vietnam. The agreement will encompass more aspects of trade like agriculture and textiles, so it is possible that the intellectual property chapter will get lost among high-priority concerns and will receive heavy industry pressure.
Public Knowledge's Position
Public Knowledge urges the USTR to recognize that an IP chapter in a truly “21st century trade agreement” should reflect the rights and interests of the wide variety of stakeholders affected by copyright.
For in-depth information on the TPP,
visit TPPinfo.org 
Copyright affects not only producers of content and its distributors but also technology companies that make products that can be used to copy, store, access, use, and repurpose copyrighted works. Excessive copyright protection would stifle the ability of these companies to trade in these products because they could be seen as encouraging or facilitating infringement. It also affects individual users, because digital technology enables them to use content in new ways and overly restrictive copyright protection and enforcement measures threaten to take that ability away.
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For more information
- Read the text we submitted as a draft IP chapter  for the agreement
- Read all of PK's blog posts  on the TPP.