Post-mortem for the Geneva Mini-Ministerial: Where does TRIPS go from here?


Post-mortem for the Geneva Mini-Ministerial: Where Does TRIPs Go From Here?

by Frederick M. Abbott

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Disagreement over TRIPS issues did not cause the “collapse” on July 29, 2008 of the Mini-Ministerial talks at the WTO. Because the talks floundered for other reasons, there is not much known about what “might have happened” on the TRIPS front had typical pressures associated with reaching a conclusion been brought to bear. Here, Frederick M. Abbott explores what could happen next for TRIPS following the Mini-Ministerial’s fallout.

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