For example, pharmaceutical companies have insisted that the TPP force all countries to grant 12-year patents on prescription drugs – increasing their profits while delaying competition from cheaper generic versions. Likewise, tobacco companies are seeking to use the TPP to prohibit developing countries – which represent the largest cigarette markets – from adopting new controls on their products.
但TPP其实根本不是“贸易”条约。反之，它是公司游说集团的工具，目的是达到他们目前无法通过常规手段说服立法者的目的。比如，制药公司要求TPP强制所有国家授予处方药12年的专利期限——这增加了它们的利润，延缓了来自廉价仿制药的竞争。类似地，烟草公司也在寻求利用TPP禁止发展中国家——它们代表了最大的烟草市场——采取对其产品的新的管制措施。