Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement
Bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) has been an increasing trend over the past decades. Highly developed countries are getting into FTA with the emerging economies in order for maintaining competitive advantage. A particular area of such agreement is intellectual property rights (IPRs) in superior...
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| description | Bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) has been an increasing trend over the past decades. Highly developed countries are getting into FTA with the emerging economies in order for maintaining competitive advantage. A particular area of such agreement is intellectual property rights (IPRs) in superior technology and research. The bone contention of the ongoing Malaysia-US free trade negotiation has been the IPRs. This article looks at the central issues of the negotiation process. It contends that both Malaysia and USA are concerned with their political priorities conditioned by their domestic necessities that influence the negotiation and signing of an agreement. The United States resorts to bilateral and multilateral means to impose its priorities, while Malaysia asserts its national interests with domestic economic and political priorities. |
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| spelling | iium-439532019-04-01T03:42:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43953/ Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement Moniruzzaman, Md. HC Economic History and Conditions HC94 By region or country Bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) has been an increasing trend over the past decades. Highly developed countries are getting into FTA with the emerging economies in order for maintaining competitive advantage. A particular area of such agreement is intellectual property rights (IPRs) in superior technology and research. The bone contention of the ongoing Malaysia-US free trade negotiation has been the IPRs. This article looks at the central issues of the negotiation process. It contends that both Malaysia and USA are concerned with their political priorities conditioned by their domestic necessities that influence the negotiation and signing of an agreement. The United States resorts to bilateral and multilateral means to impose its priorities, while Malaysia asserts its national interests with domestic economic and political priorities. Medwell Publishing 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43953/1/Intellecual_Property_Rights_TSS_2016.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43953/3/43953_Politics%20of%20intellectual_scopus.pdf Moniruzzaman, Md. (2016) Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement. The Social Sciences, 11 (2). pp. 100-105. ISSN 1818-5800 http://www.medwellpublishing.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2016.100.105 10.3923/sscience.2016.100.105 |
| spellingShingle | HC Economic History and Conditions HC94 By region or country Moniruzzaman, Md. Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title | Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title_full | Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title_fullStr | Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title_short | Politics of intellectual property rights: the case of Malaysia-US free trade agreement |
| title_sort | politics of intellectual property rights: the case of malaysia-us free trade agreement |
| topic | HC Economic History and Conditions HC94 By region or country |
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