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US wants Pakistan to ‘do more’ for intellectual property enforcement
28-Apr-2023 Dawn
Pakistan has made significant progress in improving intellectual property legislation, but a lot still needs to be done in the area of enforcement, says US report.
Clamour against United Kingdom’s free-trade negotiator
20-Mar-2023 The Telegraph
Groups from India and nearly 40 countries express concern about a leaked chapter from the proposed FTA that they say appears to represent ‘a wish list’ of the pharmaceutical industry.
Health CSO statement on Kenya _US STIP
28-Feb-2023 Health CSO statement on Kenya _US STIP
We are part of a think tank that advocates for increased access to essential medicines by ensuring that intellectual property laws and policies do not create unnecessary barriers to access to affordable essential medicines, especially for people living with and affected by HIV and TB.
Australia closer to a free trade pact with EU but minister warns there won’t be a deal ‘for the sake of it’
15-Feb-2023 The Guardian
Negotiators make progress in Canberra but thorny issue of geographical indicators is believed to remain a sticking point.
Australia, EU locked in ‘feta’ trade fight
20-Jan-2023 Michael West
Australia is locked in a high-stakes food fight with Europe over certain local products using the names Prosecco for wine and feta for cheese.
Canada extends copyright protection another 20 years to meet new trade obligation
4-Jan-2023 Vancouver Island Free Daily
Change brings Canada into compliance with commitment made under North American free trade deal.
Indo-US Trade Policy Forum likely to be held in early 2023
19-Dec-2022 Outlook India
The TPF is a premier forum to resolve trade and investment issues between India and the US, focusing on agriculture, investment, innovation (intellectual property rights), services and tariff and non-tariff barriers.
India-UK FTA leaked draft reveals nobody’s gain except big pharma
30-Nov-2022 Info Justice
India - UK FTA provisions favor neither India nor the UK except the pharma industry in a big way. It defeats the firm stand taken by the Indian PM three years ago when he decided to pull out of the RCEP against the corporate interests over people’s lives.
Farmers, seeds & the laws: Importing the chilling effect doctrine
24-Nov-2022 South Centre
The UPOV-based Plant Variety Protection laws, favoured by developed countries, and often pushed through bilateral or regional trade agreements, regulate farmers’ interactions with seeds in many countries.
India-UK FTA lands in row over patent evergreening
22-Nov-2022 Live Mint
A clause allowing patent evergreening in the India-UK free trade agreement will harm India’s generics industry and the UK’s healthcare service that is dependent on Indian drugs, The Lancet warned, prompting the UK to declare the future of its health service is “not on the table".
MSF responds to UK’s disastrous proposal on intellectual property in UK-India Free Trade Agreement
2-Nov-2022 MSF
UK IP demands contain provisions that would drastically harm access to affordable, lifesaving generic medicines from India, upon which millions of people around the world rely.
UK-India FTA: draft intellectual property chapter (Apr 2022)
31-Oct-2022
Imposing double standards: Why EFTA should not demand an UPOV clause in FTA with Thailand
14-Sep-2022 Saatgutkoaliton
As part of free trade negotiations with Thailand, EFTA will most likely demand clauses that oblige the Asian country to introduce strict plant variety protection regulations that are in line with UPOV 91
Civil society calls upon EU and Indonesia to respect the rights of Indonesia’s famers
4-Jul-2022 Indonesia for Global Justice
Close to 90 NGOs and farmers’ organisations from Indonesia, the EU and around the world sent open letters to the EU Commission and the Indonesian government today, calling on them to refrain from any clause that restrict farmers’ rights in a future free trade agreement.
WTO COVID IP negotiating text as of 25/5/2022
28-May-2022
Consolidated negotiating COVID intellectual property text as of 25/5/2022
My Say: Dubious benefits for Malaysia in ratifying the CPTPP
5-May-2022 The Edge Markets
In this ever-unfolding but unpredictable world and regional situation, Malaysia should remain “non-aligned” — albeit as appropriate for these new times. It should not take sides between the dominant West and its adversaries — led by China, the region’s major trading partner by far.
Govt to seek IPR views from stakeholders for FTAs
3-May-2022 Fortune India
With a handful of free trade agreements (FTA) with key trade partners under negotiation, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry will seek stakeholder views on intellectual property rights (IPR) related issues to firm up its position during such discussions in the coming months.
AfCFTA Secretariat: Conclusion of AfCFTA Phase II negotiations our priority
23-Apr-2022 Business Ghana
Mr. Mene said, concluding the outstanding negotiations and protocols -phases I and II in full, would create robust implementation of the Agreement. while significant progress had been made with agreement of 87.7 per cent of tariff lines.
Taiwan passes CPTPP-compliant intellectual property amendments
19-Apr-2022 Focus Taiwan
The new legal framework for intellectual property rights will meet the standards set out in the CPTPP free trade agreement, and is expected to help in the country’s negotiations to join the 11-member trade bloc.
Wamkele Mene: AfCFTA must set agenda on intellectual property and subsidies
12-Apr-2022 Africa Business
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the world’s newest and most ambitious trade bloc, after the World Trade Organisation, its biggest, covering 1.2bn consumers in 55 countries that together generate annual GDP in excess of $3 trillion.