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icy Watch: Brief Analysis of the Intellectual Property Sections of Three Influential International Trade Agreements and one Bilateral Trade Agreement
Comparison of Status of the Intellectual Property
Sections in the CPTPP, RCEP, CAI and ETA
对比分析CPTPP、RCEP、CAI和ETA的知识产权部分的地位
The intellectual property section of RCEP is in Chapter RCEP和CPTPP的知识产权部分分别位于第十一
11, after the chapters on trade in goods, rules of origin, 章和第十八章，在知识产权章之前的是货物贸
customs procedures and trade facilitation, trade and 易、海关程序和贸易便利化、投资、服务贸易
trade in services, etc., which indicates that the essence of 等，说明RCEP和CPTPP本质在于贸易，知识产
RCEP and CPTPP is trade, and the intellectual prop- 权部分为贸易服务。而ETA开篇第一章就是知识
erty portion serves trade. However, the first chapter of 产权，表明知识产权在中美贸易谈判中处于极为
the ETA is intellectual property, which makes it evident 重要的地位，美国严正关切中国知识产权保护的
that intellectual property is highly important in the 执行与实施。
China-US trade negotiations, and the US is seriously
concerned with the performance and implementation CAI目前公布的文本中知识产权并非独立成章，而
of China’s intellectual property protection. 是散落于各文本条款。CAI着重于投资领域，而非
In the current revealed content of CAI, intellectual 贸易领域，知识产权并非CAI的主要关注点。
property is scattered in each clause, instead of being
made in a separate section. CAI focused on investment
area rather than trade area. Therefore, intellectual prop-
erty is not a main focus of CAI.
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Comparison of Status of the Intellectual Property
Sections in the CPTPP, RCEP, CAI and ETA
对比分析CPTPP、RCEP、CAI和ETA的知识产权部分的地位
The intellectual property section of RCEP is in Chapter RCEP和CPTPP的知识产权部分分别位于第十一
11, after the chapters on trade in goods, rules of origin, 章和第十八章，在知识产权章之前的是货物贸
customs procedures and trade facilitation, trade and 易、海关程序和贸易便利化、投资、服务贸易
trade in services, etc., which indicates that the essence of 等，说明RCEP和CPTPP本质在于贸易，知识产
RCEP and CPTPP is trade, and the intellectual prop- 权部分为贸易服务。而ETA开篇第一章就是知识
erty portion serves trade. However, the first chapter of 产权，表明知识产权在中美贸易谈判中处于极为
the ETA is intellectual property, which makes it evident 重要的地位，美国严正关切中国知识产权保护的
that intellectual property is highly important in the 执行与实施。
China-US trade negotiations, and the US is seriously
concerned with the performance and implementation CAI目前公布的文本中知识产权并非独立成章，而
of China’s intellectual property protection. 是散落于各文本条款。CAI着重于投资领域，而非
In the current revealed content of CAI, intellectual 贸易领域，知识产权并非CAI的主要关注点。
property is scattered in each clause, instead of being
made in a separate section. CAI focused on investment
area rather than trade area. Therefore, intellectual prop-
erty is not a main focus of CAI.
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