The US has pushed for provisions to boost Internet openness in the Trans Pacific Partnership under negotiation in New Zealand.

FORBES: WCIT, TPP, Russia PNTR: Growing Recognition of Internet Freedom As A Trade Issue

Part of the problem is that negotiation of the convention began in 1992, and the sudden explosion of the Internet in the mid-1990s undermined much of the work that had already been done.

ECONOMIST: Regulating the Internet