You have doubtless seen press coverage of the new US, Mexico and Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) that is intended to replace the existing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There are some significant changes in the intellectual property provisions in this agreement that haven’t received much coverage in the general press, but our colleagues at the Association of Research Libraries have made a very helpful analysis available. This can be found at
http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1733
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
