Representational Fairness in WTO Rule-making: Negotiating, Implementing and Disputing the TRIPS Pharmaceutical-related Provisions - Softcover

Mohamed Omar Gad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905221045 ISBN 13: 9781905221042

Publisher: British Institute of International and Comparative, 2006

Synopsis

This book examines representational fairness in WTO rule-making. The context of examination is the pharmaceutical-related provisions of the TRIPS Agreement and the interests of developing countries and pharmaceutical multinational enterprises therein. The book analyses the negotiation and implementation periods of the specified TRIPS provisions and the legal disputes that arose, covering the period from the mid-1980s, until the adoption of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health in November 2001. An imbalance reflected in the negotiated text in favour of pharmaceutical MNEs interests during the negotiation process is characterized as top-down rule-making. Reacting to this, developing countries exerted pressure from the bottom-up hindering the implementation of these TRIPS provisions. This retorting action, while instilling a degree of balance, congests the TRIPS regime and the larger WTO system with additional dispute proceedings leading to strains in North-South relations. The volume concludes with selective suggestions focusing on the rule-making process of the WTO and proposes measures to reduce the likelihood of a deficiency in representational fairness occurring in future negotiations.

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About the Author

Mohamed Gad is a diplomat with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of London, and degrees in Economics and in Law. He has researched and published in these areas and in the area of International Relations. His research focuses on the role of non-state actors and developing countries in international economic regulation. He is a Founding Member of the London Forum for International Economic Law and Development.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Institute of International and Comparative
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905221045
• ISBN 13: 9781905221042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 333