(via bilaterals.org) The draft treaty language of the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Panama is out as of the 19th of January.

The text is available (in English) on the USTR site.

Bilaterals.org reports that the Spanish version will be out on the Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias website.

This agreement will also naturally be a part of this project. After a very quick scan of the documents, it appears to me that the IPR(pdf) and E-Commerce(pdf) provisions, at least, are either substantially the same or even exactly the same as the provisions in the Domincan Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR CAFTA).

Perhaps the Panamanian Government got the exact same deal as the DR-CAFTA nations? Comments on the agreement, as well as possible reasons why Panama did not participate in the DR-CAFTA negotiations are very welcome.