WTO

There have been some representations/suggestions from public and industry to boycott the import of Chinese goods citing strained relations with China.  In June 2020, a representation was also received from a Member of Parliament calling for…
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On 1 October 2020, four countries—Eswatini, India, Kenya and South Africa—approached the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council to seek a waiver from certain obligations on the protection and enforcement of patents, trade secrets,…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all our lives and livelihoods as restrictions have been imposed on mobility and movement to check the spread of the virus. International trade is one of the activities, which has been deeply affected,…
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On 2nd October 2020, India and South Africa, in their joint communication to the Council to TRIPS, WTO, voiced a major concern of the post COVID-19 period, the issues in “…access to affordable medical products… or to scaling-up of R&D,…
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As the global community is fighting the grave threat of the pandemic COVID-19, India and South Africa have made a joint proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of…
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