The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued a discussion paper to provide information on a new treaty being proposed by Japan, the EC, the US and Switzerland, provisionally
called the Anti‑Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

The ACTA is proposed to establish a new
standard of intellectual property rights enforcement to
combat global counterfeiting and piracy.

DFAT welcomes
submissions from individuals and groups with views on Australia
entering into negotiations on ACTA. Participation in such
negotiations would be without prejudice to a final decision as to
whether Australia would join any future treaty.