According to the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, debates were intense and concerned mainly civil and criminal measures in cases of intellectual property rights infringements, border measures, enforcement of rights in the digital environment and the scope of application of the agreement.
Both seek new border security measures, a tougher employer-verification system and a path to citizenship for the 11 million people now in the country illegally.
In the halls of the US Senate, a bipartisan group of senators is close to a deal on legislation that would require tough border security measures to be in place before undocumented immigrants could gain legal status.
They argue that any border-security measures included in the bill will never come to pass.
Senators writing a sweeping immigration bill have said they hope to finish their work this week, opening what's sure to be a raucous public debate over measures to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country and grant eventual citizenship to the millions living illegally in the United States.
The suspicion must be that what we are seeing is a co-ordinated movement by two of the countries that have most vehemently opposed tough international action to restrict emissions over the last few years - perhaps as a buffer in case the EU starts looking at other trade-related climate measures, such as border adjustments, more seriously.
It examines how there is a new opportunity for civil society activists to direct attention towards possible humanitarian gaps as regards Haitian migrant women who have crossed the border, helping inter alia to strengthen protection measures across the island, in part because the issue of gender violence in Haiti has become more visible than previously.
Since then, the committee has directed and funded the application of new security measures and advanced security technologies at all border points and in respect of immigrant and refugee screening.
The UK's border force said this was partly down to improved security measures and fraud checks.
Intensified border patrols may have reduced illegal immigration, but those measures "remain at the margins, " said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.
We've talked a lot about the interplay between border security as part of a broader -- and other measures that are part of comprehensive immigration reform.
Unless America and other targets of terrorism are ready to adopt such Draconian measures as a total ban on any cross-border banking business with large parts of the world, they will have to persuade other countries to be vigilant, in a way that they have never been before.
He was expected first to focus on bolstering the ceasefire, channelling reconstruction aid through the Fatah-run PA rather than Hamas, and on measures to stop arms reaching Gaza via tunnels under the border with Egypt or by sea from Iran.
Nevertheless, measures to deal with criminal and terrorist threats can thicken the border, hindering our efforts to create jobs and growth.
The blueprint that has been presented by the eight senators, for example, already delineates harsher punitive measures for future undocumented migrants, and harsher enforcement at the border.
But the analysis does measures some impacts of the bill, which aims to secure the border, create new avenues for workers to come legally to the U.S., ensure employers don't hire workers here without legal status, and give a path to citizenship to the millions already here illegally.
The military would not detail other measures it is taking, but stressed it was actively defining the new border arrangement now, before it could be too late.
They are usually about explicitly protectionist measures, such as import tariffs or quotas, that keep out foreign goods at the border.
Personally, I'm convinced that the answer to America's immigration woes is a middle-of-the-road approach that combines enforcement measures (continued workplace raids, speedier deportations, more spending on tools and technology for border patrol agents, etc.) with guest workers, an increase in legal immigration, a tamper-proof ID card for all U.S. employees, tougher sanctions for employers and a path to earned legalization for illegal immigrants who came into the country before January 1, 2000.
In a speech setting out measures to tighten immigration rules, Mr Cameron said people should report suspicions to Crimestoppers and the UK Border Agency.
BBC: David Cameron urges people to report illegal immigrants
MasterCard continued to grow by most measures: It processed 20 percent more transactions than a year ago, including 17 percent higher cross-border volumes.
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