U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Increases IP and Environmental Enforcement

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Saturday, January 25, 2020
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

 As the ratifications of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) continue, professionals are focusing on the enforcement cooperation improvements in intellectual property and environmental law.  On January 16, 2020, the U.S. Senate approved the agreement by a vote of 89 to 10.  The month before, the House approved the agreement by a similarly wide margin, after months of negotiations between Democrats and the White House, which produced pro-labor revisions and jettisoned drug-exclusivity provisions the pharmaceutical industry sought.[1]