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Urgently waive intellectual property rules for vaccine

December 10, 2020

The FINANCIAL -- Right to life, public health demand extraordinary cooperation, sharing. Governments should stop blocking a temporary waiver of some global intellectual property rules that will help boost global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today ahead of a key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva on December 10, 2020.

Trade issues associated with the spread of diseases of animal origin

The FINANCIAL — The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note

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November 6, 2020

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Hong Kong, China initiates dispute complaint against US origin marking requirements

The FINANCIAL — Hong Kong, China has requested WTO dispute consultations with

by The FINANCIAL

November 4, 2020

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WTO members discussed how to use intellectual property to tackle coronavirus pandemic

The FINANCIAL — At the meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects

by The FINANCIAL

October 21, 2020

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WORLD

WTO report explains how global intellectual property system relates to the COVID-19 pandemic

The FINANCIAL — The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note about how the global intellectual property (IP) system relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and potential contributions it could make to efforts to address it. The note provides an overview of

by The FINANCIAL

October 16, 2020

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Business

WTO presents new import licensing database

The FINANCIAL — Four years of work by the WTO Secretariat bore fruit with the launch on 9 October 2020 of the new import licensing database. The new platform gathers together import licensing information, analysis and reporting and streamlines notification procedures for

by The FINANCIAL

October 12, 2020

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