The content isn't interesting[1] because bilateral free trade agreements are public[0], and having the USA force partners into accepting patent enforcement, copyright laws like the DMCA etc. are well known<p>What is a little interesting is the negotiations and diplomacy at work. You can see how each country is trying to further its own position and interest. Looking at this version of the document, it is impossible to see how a compromise will be reached since there are so many areas that are at complete opposite viewpoints - but you know that in a few weeks time an agreement will be announced as one side or another gives way (guess which!), and the public are nonethewiser.<p>Some are really good at watering things down, eg.<p>> The Parties shall endeavour to [US/SG propose: cooperate] [US oppose: establish a framework for cooperation] among their respective patent offices to facilitate<p>You can see already that they don't intend to cooperate. Establishing a framework? what the hell does that even mean ..<p>You can now see that Australia, Singapore and Mexico are on Team USA when it comes to copyright terms (Australia opposed it during the FTA negotiations), everybody else opposes, but they will eventually have to come around on this:<p>> [NZ/BN/MY/VN/CA/JP propose; US/AU/SG/MX oppose: The term of protection of a work, performance or phonogram shall be determined according to each Party's domestic law and the international agreements to which each Party is a party.]<p>[0] Here is USA - Australia: <a href="http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/australian-fta/final-text" rel="nofollow">http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/a...</a><p>Here is NAFTA - <a href="https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Default.aspx?tabid=97&language=en-US" rel="nofollow">https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Default.aspx?tabid=97&langua...</a><p>[1] It might not be interesting because we have seen a lot of this in completed deals previously, but it is very important. The USA enforces its business interest laws such as patent and copyright terms onto recipients of "free trade" agreements, in exchange for getting access to the non-protected part of their domestic market. This is why US laws are so important to the rest of the world, because we end up having to adopt them (this is what modern imperialism looks like).