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WEBAs of end-2020, the schedules of 53 WTO members (counting EU-25 as one) (1) contained commitments in at least one of the four sub-sectors of the health and social services …

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WTO 2022 News items

WEBAt a meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on 6 June, WTO members welcomed the adoption of the TRIPS waiver …

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WTO The WTO and the United Nations

WEBThe WTO-UN relations are governed by the “ Arrangements for Effective Cooperation with other Intergovernmental Organizations-Relations Between the WTO and the United …

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WTO Understanding the WTO

WEBArticle 20 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) allows governments to act on trade in order to protect human, animal or plant life or health, provided they do not …

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PUBLIC HEALTH RELATING TO IP RIGHTS Keywords …

WEBINTRODUCTION. The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges for global public health. It may need application of the existing international intellectual property …

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TRADE IN MEDICAL GOODS IN THE CONTEXT OF TACKLING …

WEB2 2 DESPITE THE OVERALL TRADE DOWNTURN, MEDICAL GOODS TRADE EXPERIENCED PHENOMENAL GROWTH IN 2020 The 14 per cent year-on-year …

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WTO The WTO and World Health Organization

WEBThe WTO collaborates with the WHO on a number of different issues related to trade and health. Although there is no formal agreement between the WHO and the WTO, the …

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TRADE IN MEDICAL GOODS IN THE CONTEXT OF TACKLING …

WEB5 The pandemic shifted the centre of trade for certain relevant products from Europe and the United States to Asia (Chart 3). The latter's share in world exports of medical goods …

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WTO intellectual property (TRIPS)

WEBCompulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process without the consent of the patent owner or plans to use the patent …

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Trade Remedy Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

WEBMost of the WTO’s agreements were the outcome of the 1986-94 Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. Some, including GATT 1994, were revisions of texts that previously existed …

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WTO intellectual property (TRIPS)

WEBDoha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. A longstanding debate over the interplay between intellectual property (IP) and public health, especially innovation …

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WTO Sanitary and phytosanitary measures

WEBThe Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures sets out the basic rules on food safety and animal and plant health standards that governments are …

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WTO Ministerial conferences

WEBThe result was a Ministerial Declaration on the WTO response to the current and future pandemics, which members adopted as part of the outcomes of the 12th Ministerial …

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WTO Doha Declaration explained

WEBThe Doha Declaration explained. The November 2001 declaration of the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, provides the mandate for negotiations on a range of …

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General Exceptions: Article XX of the GATT 1994

WEBG.3.1 Article XX — Two-tier analysis back to top. G.3.1.1 US — Gasoline, p. 22, DSR 1996:I, p. 3 at 20 (WT/DS2/AB/R) . In order that the justifying protection of Article XX …

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WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

WEB1. Members have the right to take sanitary and phytosanitary measures necessary for the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, provided that such measures are not …

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WTO Understanding the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures …

WEBThe Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the "SPS Agreement") entered into force with the establishment of the World Trade Organization …

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