<![CDATA[Thailand and medicine patents: an early test for Obama trade policy]]>

1.0 link 173839 <![CDATA[Thailand and medicine patents: an early test for Obama trade policy]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/thailand-and-medicine-pat_b_173839.html Around the 30th of April, the United States Trade Representative will issue something called the "Special 301 Report." The USTR 301 report, while practically unknown within the United States, will make front page news in many developing countries. USTR describes the report as follows:

The "Special 301" Report is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement, conducted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) pursuant to Special 301 provisions of the Trade...

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