Reframing the Issue: the WTO Coalition on Intellectual Property and Public Health, 2001
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Author(s)Prof John Odell , University of Southern California (USC) . Ms Susan K. Sell , George Washington University . |
Research Project
Developing Countries and the Trade Negotiation Process
Keywords
Intellectual Property - International Economics - Negotiations - Public Health - WTOAbstract
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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