Breaking: WikiLeaks Publishes TPP Draft on Intellectual Property Rights

"If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you're ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs."

That's what WikiLeaks said when it published the leaked chapter of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement dealing with intellectual property rights. The group said it wanted to put out the information in advance of the next big TPP meeting of chief negotiators in Salt Lake City Nov. 19-23.

This 95-page chapter lays out provisions for instituting a far-reaching, transnational legal and enforcement regime, modifying or replacing existing U.S. laws and laws in TPP member states. Read the chapter here.

In the same way, "Buy American" measures, the proposed call center bill and other legislation could be challenged by TPP nations if this deal is approved.

This deal is being negotiated in secret. Members of the U.S. Congress have been able to view only selected portions of documents under very restrictive conditions. Meanwhile, some 600 corporate lobbyists, or "trade advisors," are a big part of the negotiations, and that's bad news for U.S. jobs, workers' rights, environmental protections, food safety and a whole host of critical issues.