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Reframing the Issue: the WTO Coalition on Intellectual Property and Public Health, 2001

Author(s)

Ms Susan K. Sell , George Washington University .

Research Project

Developing Countries and the Trade Negotiation Process

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Keywords

Intellectual Property - International Economics - Negotiations - Public Health - WTO

Abstract

In November 2001 the World Trade Organization’s ministerial conference in Doha adopted a Declaration on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and Public Health. The process that led to this declaration is one of the most interesting episodes in recent international economic negotiations. A coalition lacking obvious power achieved significant, unexpected gains despite careful opposition from powerful transnational corporate firms and their home governments. This paper seeks both to explain this puzzling outcome and to consider whether it suggests any generalizations that are likely to be useful in other cases as well.

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Reframing the Issue: the WTO Coalition on Intellectual Property and Public Health, 2001
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