EU, negotiating partners to release Acta text

After heavy criticism from civil society and the European Parliament for negotiating a new international anti-counterfeiting treaty in secrecy, the European Union and its foreign partners have agreed to make public the negotiating text for a proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).

"Overall, therefore, there was a general sense from this session that negotiations have now advanced to a point where making a draft text available to the public will help the process of reaching ...