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| Author(s): |
João Paulo Hernandes Teodoro
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI) |
| Defense date: | 2015-11-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Yi Shin Tang;
Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin;
Feliciano de Sa Guimarães
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| Advisor: | Yi Shin Tang |
| Abstract | |
The article analyzes the intellectual property rights chapters of the preferential trade agreements signed by the United States with Latin American countries during the 2000s, discussing both the country\'s reasons for signing such agreements (and inserting such discussion in a theoretical framework) and their implications to the intellectual property rights of its signatories. In this regard, it presents some theories about the features intrinsic to the multilateral international institutions, when contrasted with the bilateral and regional ones; such theories claim that states, when dealing with undesired effects of institutional features, modify institutions (or create new ones), in accordance with their objectives. Then, the article presents the findings of a literature review about the U.S. reasons for signing the aforementioned preferential trade agreements, emphasizing those reasons related to intellectual property rights; such findings are complemented by the analysis of the pertinent primary documents. Finally, it compares the content of the chapters with each other; it also compares them with the WTO TRIPS Agreement. It concludes that the U.S. reasons presented coincide with the theoretical expectations; that the analyzed chapters are substantially different from the TRIPS Agreement; that the chapters have many differences with each other (which are, in part, due to U.S. Congress requirements); and that there is still room for new researches on the U.S. trade policy practiced during the analyzed period, when it comes to its interface with intellectual property rights. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/10931-1 - Strategy, preference and its normative results regarding the preferential trade agreements signed by the United States: analysis of the US actions regarding the intellectual property international regulation |
| Grantee: | João Paulo Hernandes Teodoro |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |