Members agreed to keep this agenda open so that the TRIPS Council can be convened at short notice. Small group consultations will continue. Next meetings 10th and 16th December. Possibly before: sources
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#TRIPSwaiver update (1/n)
At TRIPS Council meeting today, @wto members decided to continue consultations on the proposal by South Africa, India, and the proposal by EU: sources
Members want to continue with the momentum and to find an outcome "under the changed circumstances"
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@NorwayAmbWTO urged members to continue work without the "political input" from ministers.#MC12 scheduled to begin tomorrow, was postponed due to concerns on variant of concern omicron.Show this thread -
South Africa is reported to have said that
#TRIPSwaiver, WTO's IP response to the pandemic is the most important issue facing@WTO Organization's credibility at stake. Waiver can be adopted at General Council, outside of a ministerial, according to South Africa.Show this thread -
United States has said that it will work with other members to find areas of convergence. Follows ip from its recent statement reiterating support for the waiver.
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EU has reportedly said it is keen on finding a landing zone in these discussions. EU believes important to increase production and diversification of COVID-19 products, while incentivizing tech transfer and investment in innovation: sources
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