Negotiations
Negotiations for the ACTA treaty are not part of any international body. ACTA was first developed by Japan and the United States in 2006. Canada, the European Union (represented in the negotiations by the European Commission, the EU Presidency and EU Member States) and Switzerland joined the preliminary talks throughout 2006 and 2007. Official negotiations began in June 2008, with Australia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Singapore joining the talks. The Senate of Mexico voted unanimously to withdraw Mexico from ACTA negotiations on 30 September 2010.
| Round | Location | Date | Participants and discussion topics | Refs |
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| 1 | Geneva | 3–4 June 2008 | Participants: Australia, the European Union, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore and United Arab Emirates | |
| 2 | Washington, D.C. | 29–31 July 2008 | ||
| 3 | Tokyo | 8–9 October 2008 | ||
| 4 | Paris | 15–18 December 2008 | ||
| 5 | Rabat | 16–17 July 2009 | Participants: Australia, Canada, the European Union (represented by the European Commission, the EU Presidency (Sweden) and EU Member States), Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA Topics: international cooperation, enforcement practices and institutional issues. |
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| 6 | Seoul | 4–6 November 2009 | Topics: enforcement in the digital environment and criminal enforcement. | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 26–29 January 2010 | ||
| 8 | Wellington | 12–16 April 2010 | Topics: border measures, enforcement procedures in the digital environment, criminal enforcement, civil enforcement, and transparency. | |
| 9 | Lucerne | 28 June – 1 July 2010 |
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