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The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries

In: Emerging Powers in the WTO

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  • Constantine Michalopoulos

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Developed-country concerns about protection of the intellectual property rights (IPRs) owned by their firms have been the subject of major controversies with developing countries ever since the inclusion of rule making on IPRs in the WTO — a policy area not covered by GATT. The Uruguay Round negotiations on this issue had a clear North-South dimension. Developed countries wanted to raise the standards and strengthen enforcement of IPRs worldwide. Most developing countries saw little benefit in committing themselves to basic global standards for increased IPR protection, which was suited better to developed countries’ interests, though it might be inappropriate for their own socioeconomic and technological needs. They only agreed to participate in the WTO agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) as part of a ‘grant bargain’ that involved the developed countries phasing out controls on textile and clothing and inclusion of agriculture into the GATT disciplines.1

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  • Constantine Michalopoulos, 2014. "The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Emerging Powers in the WTO, chapter 7, pages 161-180, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-29708-2_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137297082_7
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