Remove TRIPS+ demands from the EFTA-Malaysia Free-Trade Agreement
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6 June 2025
Remove TRIPS+ demands from the EFTA-Malaysia Free-Trade Agreement
Contact: Patrick Durisch Phone: +41 (0)21 620 03 06 E-Mail: patrick.durisch@publiceye.ch
Dear State Secretary Budliger Artieda,
We are writing to express our deepest concerns about damaging provisions on intellectual property (IP) in relation to the Malaysia-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Economic Partnership Agreement (MEEPA), according to the leaked text of its annex XIX on the protection of intellectual property. We un derstand that MEEPA is currently in the final stages of finalisation before signature.
The undersigned Swiss NGOs are urging the Swiss government to actively engage within EFTA to drop these provisions which go beyond the requirements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules contained in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – known as TRIPS+ – that are hampering farmers’ rights and the right to health.
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