Comments on: HOW THE US FORCED AUSTRALIA TO REWRITE ASPECTS OF ITS
COPYRIGHT LAW DURING CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE AUSFTA
The US withholds the steps that are necessary to bring a free trade
treaty into force until the other party has changed its relevant
domestic laws and regulations to meet US expectations of its
obligations under the agreement. In the past, US ‘expectations’
have gone beyond what is in the actual text.