Bloomberg Business: U.S. Bends on Patent Data as Dairy Vexes Pacific Trade Talks
The U.S. on Thursday abandoned its longstanding position on the confidentiality of some patent data as officials immersed themselves in the minutiae of Asia-Pacific dairy markets in a bid to clinch a landmark trade deal. [Reposted from Bloomberg Business | Carter Dougherty | July 31, 2015] A day marked by widespread frustration with the slow…