TY  - JOUR
T1  - Politics of Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement
AU - Moniruzzaman, M. 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SP  - 100
EP  - 105
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.100.105
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.100.105
KW  - Free trade agreement
KW  -united states
KW  -malaysia
KW  -intellectual property rights
KW  -political economy
AB  - 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 study 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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