The US Trade Rep is proudly promoting the fact that there’s someone out there who likes ACTA. It’s put up a new info website, where it highlights the fact that it’s received TWO WHOLE LETTERS in support of ACTA. Of course, those letters come from two lobbying groups — the International Trademark Association (ITA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) — two groups who have been heavily involved in the creation of ACTA in the first place. Of course they support it.
But, really, it’s incredibly telling that the USTR is only willing to promote the letters it’s received in support of ACTA, isn’t it? Lots of people have been contacting the USTR with concerns about ACTA, and those don’t get highlighted on the website at all. It’s as if the USTR wants to make it clear that it works for the RIAA and the ITA, rather than the citizens of the country. It’s reached the point where it’s obvious that the USTR’s focus is not on creating a good trade agreement, but on the trade agreement that some lobbyists wanted. It seems obvious that the USTR is not interested in understanding the complaints, but only in getting ACTA finished.
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