As if TRIPS was not enough

Following the conclusion of the TRIPS agreement in the UR of trade negotiations, the ‘international politics’ of intellectual property have mainly taken place at the WTO. However, after the global hue and cry on the issue of TRIPS and public health, particularly in the run up to the Doha Ministerial Meeting and later, it has become difficult to achieve new and higher intellectual property standards at the WTO. That does not mean efforts to create higher IPRs standards have stopped. New IPR standards continue to be set under bilateral trade agreements and the auspices of WIPO.2