Bilateral
and Multilateral Treaties:
LLRX
Guides on U.S. and Non-US Treaty Research:
US Treaty
Research
Non-US
Treaty Research
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a pact that unites
Canada, Mexico, and the United States in one of the world's largest
free-trade zones. It builds on a free-trade agreement between the
US and Canada that became effective in 1989. NAFTA took effect in
January 1994.
Treaties
Latest signatures and ratifications of the Council of Europe.
World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to
promoting the protection of intellectual property, has a unique
web site that is a reference point for all users of the intellectual
property system. The site, available in English, French, and Spanish,
includes the texts of the 21 treaties administered by WIPO. It provides
information on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the Madrid system
for the international registration of marks and the Hague system
that deals with the international registration of industrial designs.
Various guides are available free of charge as well as WIPO’s Catalogue
of Publications. The site has links to key web sites including industrial
property offices. Other WIPO satellite web sites are: ecommerce.wipo.int,
arbiter.wipo.int, academy.wipo.int, pctgazette.wipo.int, madridexpress.wipo.int.
WTO
Agreements
The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules
of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, the
legal ground-rules for international commerce and for trade policy.
The agreements have three main objectives: to help trade flow as
freely as possible, to achieve further liberalization gradually
through negotiation, and to set up an impartial means of settling
disputes.
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