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	<title><![CDATA[Switzerland to Thailand: Drop Dead]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/switzerland-to-thailand-d_b_93447.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>On February 25, 2008, the Swiss government wrote a letter (copy <a href="http://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/1/swiss2thailand_cl.pdf">here</a>) to the Thai government, objecting to the use of compulsory licenses to obtain affordable cancer drugs in Thailand. (details <a href="http://www.moph.go.th/hot/Second_white_paper_on_the_Thai_CL_%5BEN%5D.pdf">here</a>). The Swiss actions are closely coordinated with <a href="http://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/1/tacd2ustr_dgtrade.pdf">actions</a> of the European Commission and the United States government. It is particularly appalling to us that Switzerland, one of the highest income countries in the world, would pressure Thailand on this issue after having <a href="http://www.wto.org/English/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_trips_e.htm">promised</a>, in...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-03T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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