PHA-Exchange> Re: [ESCR-Right-to-Health] LDC request on 15 year TRIPS extension - WTO TRIPS Council discussions

[George Kent]

I have not been following the TRIPS discussions, so forgive me if I  
ask a question based on ignorance: Why shouldn't least developed  
countries be permitted to make their own individual decisions about  
whether and when they wish to adhere to the TRIPS rules? Would it be  
possible to allow each of them, individually, to decide when  
adherence would serve its interests?

Aloha, George

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