WTO General Council discusses India’s call for holding virtual Ministerial meet on COVID-19 pandemic response
The Hindu
WTO is a 164-member multilateral body which formulates rules for global exports and imports and adjudicates disputes between two or more than two countries on trade-related issues.
The WTO’s General Council has discussed India’s call to convene a virtual Ministerial meeting on the World Trade Organisation’s response to the pandemic, including the patent waiver proposal.
India on December 23, 2021 sent a letter to the General Council Chair to hold a virtual Ministerial meeting on the response of WTO (World Trade Organisation) to the pandemic, including the proposal to waive certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement for -related vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
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