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"Mr President, a free trade agreement cannot only be about tariffs. It also has to be about intellectual property rights.
A business in my constituency, Avon Protection, is a world leader in the manufacture of gas masks. Avon believes that its patents have been infringed by a South Korean firm making what are quite simply copies. There is meant to be patent protection in South Korea, but will a Korean court really find in favour of a British company against a Korean business?
For free trade to work, there has to be a level playing field and, yes, a safeguard clause such as Pablo Zalba Bidegain’s is useful, but the other signatory must also ensure that the agreement is indeed a two-way street, otherwise the Free Trade Agreement which should benefit both parties simply becomes completely one-sided."@en1
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