The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) met on Tuesday 14 September after two weeks of consultations with delegations, which showed no major changes in positions on lifting patents on Covid-19 vaccines, according to Council Chair Dagfinn Sørli (Norway).
According to a Geneva official, at the informal meeting South Africa called on the EU to “engage constructively in the discussions”. It also referred to the...