Trips Agreement

WTO members indicate in-principal acceptance of TRIPs waiver by agreeing to text-based negotiations: Anup Wadhawan

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WTO members indicate in-principal acceptance of TRIPs waiver by agreeing to text-based negotiations: Anup Wadhawan

The agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries to move forward on the text-based negotiations of the proposal by India and South Africa for a temporary waiver from some provisions of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) indicated their in-principle acceptance of the objectives of the proposal, said union commerce secretary Anup … Read more

We have no time to lose, conclude talks on patent waiver proposal by July-end: India

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We have no time to lose, conclude talks on patent waiver proposal by July-end: India

India has suggested to the WTO members to begin text-based negotiations from mid-June on the temporary TRIPs waiver proposal to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, as there is no time to lose and countries should look at concluding the talks by July-end. The country would also like to enter into line-by-line negotiations on the text … Read more