Yesterday I was discussing with trade officials and public health groups from Southern Africa the most recent round of negotiations involving the United States Trade Representative (USTR). There are lots of distressing things to report, but one very basic issue is this. Rob Portman, the head of the USTR, is violating a May 10, 2000 Presidential Executive Order, which prohibits the USTR from pressuring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to have rules for intellectual property rights on medicines that...