COMMENT | CAP expresses deep disappointment over the Malaysian government’s decision to rush into signing a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland that together form the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on June 23 in Norway.

The government failed to address critical concerns raised in our memorandum submitted earlier this month, based on the leaked text of the intellectual property (IP) annexe to the Malaysia-EFTA Economic Partnership Agreement (Meepa).

The full text of Meepa has now been published. Contents of the IP Annexe are substantially the same as the leaked text.

In the CAP Memorandum, we have set out in detail our concerns on the IP Annexe.