Yesterday, I posted a piece from Intellectual Property Watch (IPW) on how IP issues seemed to be moving at the WTO as part of the Doha Round. Today, IPW has a piece on how some countries are objecting (Opponents Say Inclusion Of IP Issues Would Set Back WTO Talks):
“We … wish to express our strong opposition to this proposal, and our conviction that it would substantially set back efforts to arrive at a viable way forward for the Doha negotiations,” the group said in the new non-paper, issued 6 June. “We are united by a joint concern that the current delicate stage in the DDA [Doha Development Agenda] negotiations should not be unnecessarily disrupted by efforts to rush, revisit, reinterpret or change our existing negotiating mandates.”
The non-paper was signed by Australia, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the US.
So - the debate continues.
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