France and Iraq are expected to sign several agreements dealing with aid, agricultural development, business and culture during Mr.Talibani's visit.
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The FTTA allowed government laboratories like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enter into Cooperative Research and DevelopmentAgreements (CRADAs) with the pharmaceutical industry.
So far, the food maker has worked only with other manufacturers to develop new ideas, through licensing and joint developmentagreements rather than with individual inventors, a spokesman says.
On the land-claims front, there have been a number of cases where aboriginal insistence that their rights be recognised before industrial development proceeds has led to agreements on job creation, revenue-sharing, training and land ownership.