Statement from MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd on the successful conclusion of the TPP negotiations
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October 5, 2015
Statement from MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd on the Successful Conclusion of the TPP Negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is a statement from MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd on today’s announcement that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have successfully concluded:
“We’d like to congratulate Ambassador Froman and USTR for successfully concluding the TPP negotiations, and thank them for the tireless hard work they’ve committed throughout this entire process. Enacting a high-standard TPP is an economic priority for the American motion picture and television industry, which registered nearly $16 billion in exports in 2013 and supports nearly two million jobs throughout all fifty states. We look forward to reviewing the agreement’s final text.”
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The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Its members include: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLC; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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