How Trade Agreements Harm Open Access and Open Source (Open Access Week, One Week Late)

Open access isn’t explicitly covered in any of the secretive trade negotiations that are currently underway, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA). But that doesn’t mean that they won’t have a negative impact on those seeking to publish or use open access materials.

Source: How Trade Agreements Harm Open Access and Open Source | Electronic Frontier Foundation