IIPA works with U.S. and foreign governments in regional and bilateral discussions which lead to the formation of free trade agreements that include protection of intellectual property, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as well as FTAs with Australia, Central American-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR), Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Singapore and South Korea.
The United States has several trade tools which support strong copyright protection and enforcement abroad. Among these are the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA, also known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative or CBI)/Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA)/Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC).