The US copyright lobby tried the same type of maneuvering in Spain. They took it a step further and threatened to put Spain on a list of countries that don't respect intellectual property laws, that is unless Spain passed the desired draconian legislation. This was all done through backroom deals and was all meant to be secret. It was a secret until WikiLeaks leaked the memos.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/how-wikileak...