Members of the European Parliament have asked the Commission to halt a global trade agreement against counterfeiting (ACTA) after reports that negotiations on the controversial pact were concluded without their consent in Tokyo on Saturday (2 October).
« The aim of this premature announcement of a deal is of course to install the impression that ACTA is a done deal, that parliaments have no other choice than to accept it without any possibility to modify it, » according to Internet freedom NGO La Quadrature du Net.
The negotiations were « almost across the finish line, » according to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, speaking on Saturday.
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