The United States is behind the wall of secrecy surrounding global trade talks to combat counterfeiting, say EU policy sources, who claim that American officials are refusing to let their European counterparts publish the draft agreement online.
MEPs have been demanding to see the full negotiating text as they will be asked to give ACTA their consent in a vote later this year.
ACTA’s contents has roused suspicions among Internet lobby groups in the EU who fear that the deal will allow governments to come down as hard on peer-to-peer file sharing as they would on commercial piracy.
http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/us-told-eu-hide-acta-public-news-497373