US places India and 8 others in Priority Watch List

I ran across this article... It is surprising that how little we know about this here.

This report is primarily driven by Private industry. This self same industry is calling for Canada's inclusion on this list of worst offenders...

A Foreign office rep told the Canadian House of Commons "In regard to the watch list, Canada does not recognize the 301 watch list process. It basically lacks reliable and objective analysis. It's driven entirely by U.S. industry."

The industry body that drives this report is IIPA.

We would be well advised to also recall a statement by William Patry, a copyright expert and Google's copyright attorney.

"the sheer arrogance and affront to the sovereignty of foreign governments by the IIPA's annual reports and effort to penalize those governments that do not toe the IIPA's line is breathtaking."

It is best to ignore such ramblings and if push comes to shove, throw the ball back by linking demands for more access to the American market for Indian services companies, removal of restrictions on outsourcing, more H1 visas et. al.