US review of countries' intellectual property policies under fire at first public hearing
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The United States Trade Representative's review of its trading partners' intellectual property provisions came under fire from NGOs at the first ever 301 public hearing held recently. They argued that the USTR was undermining US procurement of low cost antiretrovirals (ARVs) as well as its commitment to the Doha Declaration regarding access to medicines.