This I found in the same article that was posted. If I am reading this correctly the US is against it.. I hope I am making sense I'm really stoned and tired...


Proposed US ACTA multi-lateral intellectual property trade agreement (2007)
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Analysis
ACTA trade agreement negotiation lacks transparency, Intellectual Property Watch, Sydney Morning Herald, Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, Jamie Shaw,Torrent Freak,Tech Dirt,Daily Tech,Webhosting Poland,Slashdot, TheNewFreedom, and many others.

Front page news in Canada, but has yet to hit the main stream daily's outside of Canada and Australia, likely due to early reports that looked at that angle, rather than a serious trade, transparency and developmental equity issue.
Summary

In 2007 a select handful of the wealthiest countries began a treaty-making process to create a new global standard for intellectual property rights enforcement, which was called, in a piece of brilliant marketing, the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (the agreement does not cover currency fraud).

ACTA is spearheaded by the United States along with the European Commission, Japan, and Switzerland ?? which have large intellectual property industries. Other countries invited to participate in ACTA??s negotiation process are Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Noticeably absent from ACTA??s negotiations are leaders from developing countries who hold national policy priorities that differ from the international intellectual property industry.

A ??Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? was reportedly provided to select lobbyists in the intellectual property industry, but not to public interest organizations concerned with the subject matter of the proposed treaty.[1