[governance] CCIA Endorses indefinite extension of LDC's compliance obligations for TRIPS

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Suresh,

My apologies for a slow reply. I do not particularly see any obvious conflicts between TRIPS and the ITRs, though as you note a number of the proposals which were made for the ITRs (but fortunately not adopted) did have problems with other parts of the WTO agreements.

On 4 Mar 2013, at 14:38, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> Quite relevant to the extent that WTO obligations were cited as a major
> factor for several countries to evaluate the ITR based on their existing
> standing commitments
> 
> Do you additionally feel that TRIPS has any implication on the issues
> proposed in the ITRs and that are up for discussion?
> 
> thanks
> suresh
> 
> Nick Ashton-Hart [04/03/13 14:22 +0100]:
>> Dear governance list colleagues,
>> 
>> Since I know some of you also are concerned with public health and IP
>> issues, you may be interested to know that today, CCIA has made a press
>> statement that it endorses the call of LDCs for an indefinite deferral for
>> full implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  You can find the press
>> release online here. I believe - please correct me if I am wrong - that we
>> are the first trade association to do this. I hope more follow.
>> 
>> There is also an OpEd from me in IP Watch further elaborating on why we
>> have done this available here.
>> 
>> My apologies in advance if this does not interest you and/or you see it as
>> off-topic.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Nick Ashton-Hart
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