Another example are copyright and patent laws. The US makes a new law and surprise surprise, a few months later other governments in other countries start to see new laws proposed that look similar the US's laws.
Prime Minster Stephen Harper "told the President last August that Canada would pass copyright legislation," the 2008 message notes. In fact, Harper wrote a personal letter to US Ambassador David Wilkins containing the pledge. "With respect to intellectual property rights, I can assure you that the Government of Canada takes the concerns you have raised in your letter very seriously," he promised the US in April of 2007.
This is the leader of Canada that did this. There are several nations that are much poorer that have politicians who would accept minimal bribes in order to start pushing for US-style laws.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/wikileaks-ca...
Prime Minster Stephen Harper "told the President last August that Canada would pass copyright legislation," the 2008 message notes. In fact, Harper wrote a personal letter to US Ambassador David Wilkins containing the pledge. "With respect to intellectual property rights, I can assure you that the Government of Canada takes the concerns you have raised in your letter very seriously," he promised the US in April of 2007.
This is the leader of Canada that did this. There are several nations that are much poorer that have politicians who would accept minimal bribes in order to start pushing for US-style laws.