000			00881nam a2200109Ia 4500
100			_aEl-Said, Mohammed
245			_aThe road from TRIPS-Minus, to TRIPS, to TRIPS-Plus : implications of IPRs for the Arab world
260			_c2005
520			_aSheds light on the evolution of free trade agreements and the intellectual property rights protection incorporated within such agreements. Focuses on the free trade and investment agreements concluded between the United States and the European Union with the Arab world and their TRIPS-Plus nature. Argues that FTAs are being used as political instruments to reward allies while, at the same time, enhancing the protection of intellectual property rights globally beyond the agreed levels of the TRIPS Agreement, hence resulting in a negative effect on both the developing and the Arab countries.
583			_c2/2/06 _kJOYD
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