USA EU COUNTERFEITING COOPERATION DEAL
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States and the European Union (EU) have launched a joint action programme to fight the counterfeiting of goods by international organised crime, an increasing problem for the pharmaceutical industry. Washington and Brussels say they will set up joint-border enforcement actions focusing on fighting intellectual piracy and establish teams of diplomats in third country embassies tasked with sharing data and intelligence on counterfeiting. Initially, these initiatives will focus on working with China and Russia, although there ...
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