Suspended in Time: WTO TRIPS Extension Decision to COVID-19 Tests & Treatments

Newsletter Edition #179 [The Files In-Depth]

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Sometimes “no news” is a misleading indicator on the importance and the depth of policy discussions. The deadlock around the extension decision to COVID-19 tests and treatments could be a case in point.

Developing countries are disappointed with the lack of progress in these talks, and for the WTO to be tethered to internal processes in countries tha…