Transparency
NGO Letter to USTR on transparency
Submitted by James Love on 22. July 2009 - 22:00On July 22, 2009, eight public interest, consumer and public health organizations wrote to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), recommending the USTR and other federal agencies reduce secrecy and increase transparency in negotiations that involve global norms for knowledge governance.
US guts transparency clause in PAHO R&D resolution
Submitted by James Love on 25. June 2009 - 14:11The PAHO negotiations on the R&D resolution has produced a new draft, which radically guts the provision on transparency of pharmaceutical industry economics.
The US opposed this language:
“(j) to develop, with input from Member States, a possible standard for disclosure of economic data for drug registered for sale, including disclosures of the costs of R&D, the prices of products, and the annual revenues from the sale of products.”
The US agreed to this language:
PAHO dispute over standards for transparency of economic data for pharmaceutical industry
Submitted by James Love on 25. June 2009 - 10:49Today the executive board of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is considering a proposal to have more transparency of the economics of the pharmaceutical industry. (I have separately blogged about this on the Huffpo). Specifically, an amendment offered to a PAHO EB resolution on research, proposed the following:
Damages, Injunctions and Transparency key issues in ACTA negotiations
Submitted by James Love on 15. June 2009 - 9:52The decision to restart the ACTA negotiations makes it important to understand the nature and consequence of proposed agreement. Following a complaint about transparency, this note focuses on damages and injunctions.
Daily calendar for Ambassador Ron Kirk, March 20 to May 1, 2009
Submitted by KEI Staff on 24. May 2009 - 2:53Using the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), KEI has obtained the daily schedule of Ambassador Kirk, from March 20 to May 1, 2009. KEI has separately asked the USTR to routinely as a matter of transparency post this information on the USTR web page.
The response to the follow is presented below in two pdf files:
March 20 to April 14, 2009
April 15 to May 1, 2009
