For the US, a great attraction of the TPP is that it will enforce tighter intellectual-property rules on other countries. Such rules tend to have an uncertain impact on innovation while generating substantial rents for US patent and copyright holders.
对美国来说，泛太平洋伙伴关系协定的吸引人之处在于可以对其他国家实施更严格的知识产权管制。但这些管制在为美国专利和版权持有人不断创造收入之外很可能对其他创新行为带来不确定的影响。