Bye ACTA, Hello CETA

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New submitter xSander writes "Is anyone really surprised by this? ACTA may have been rejected by the European Parliment, but it is far from dead yet. Apparently, the EU is trying to revive ACTA through the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)."

The article contains a handy side-by-side comparison of the CETA clauses that are nearly identical to ones found in ACTA.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;">
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