US-Chile Free Trade Agreement

• Full Text of the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement
  
• Chapter 17: Intellectual Property Rights

• US Trade Representative Page on US-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
• CHILEUSAFTA.COM
• US International Trade Commission page on US-Chile FTA.
• July, 2004. Joint statement by Chilean NGOs. El Acceso a los Medicamentos y La Politica Nacional de Medicamentos Deben Estar Por Sobre Los Acuerdos de Proteccion de La Propiedad Intelectual.
• October, 2004. Pedro Roffe. Paper published by the Quaker International Affairs Program, Ottowa. Bilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: the Chile-USA Free Trade Agreement.
• February 28, 2003. Report of the Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights for Trade Policy Matters (IFAC-3).
• December 6, 2002. Sen. Charles Schumer. Letter to US Trade Representative Zoellick. Also available in a PDF format
• March 25, 2002. Intellectual Property Owners Association. Draft U.S. Proposal for US-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
• January 29, 2001. James Love and Rob Weissman. Letter to office of the USTR.

• Congressional Testimony

  • June 17, 2003. Senate Finance Committee hearings on the US-Chile and US-Singapore FTAs. Prepared testimony and transcrips can be found here. Below are excerpts of prepared testimony dealing specifically with intellectual property and access to healthcare from
    • Senator Max Baucus, ranking Democrat on the Committee
    • Peter Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
  • June 10, 2003. Subcommittee on Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee hearings on the US-Chile and US-Singapore FTAs. Prepared testimony and transcrips can be found here. Below are excerpts of prepared testimony dealing specifically with intellectual property and access to healthcare from
    • Peter Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    • Gawain Kripke, Oxfam America
    • John Audley, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• News Stories

  • July 10, 2003. Bruce Odessey for the US Department of State Washington File. Congressional Committees Advance Chile, Singapore Trade Deals: House Democrats warn in advance over Central America labor issue.
  • July 10, 2003. Martin Crutsinger for the Associated Press. Lawmakers OK Chile, Singapore Free Trade.
  • June 16, 2003. Geri Smith and Paul Magnusson for Business Week. Chile: A Giant Step toward Free Trade across the Americas?
  • May 8, 2003. Mercosur News Agency. President Bush rewards allies.
  • April 29, 2003. Paul Blustein for the Washington Post. Trade Accords Become a U.S. Foreign Policy Tool.
  • April 4, 2003. Reuters. US-Chile trade pact unveiled, but signing unclear.

USTR Documents

• Excerpt from 2005 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2004 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2003 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2002 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2001 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2000 Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 1999 Special 301 Report.

PhRMA Documents

• Excerpt from 2003 Submission to the USTR for the Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2001 Submission to the USTR for the Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 1999 Submission to the USTR for the Special 301 Report.