Waiver talks might convince companies to focus on technology transfer and training, and let go of the plan to maximise patent-based revenues.
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Rising protectionism has the potential to have major negative effects on many European companies, yet firms have been largely absent from the public conversation. Why?
Both sides can make a case, but they might not get the chance.
A waiver may not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way.
The real target is China. Australia will be collateral damage.
A waiver on some intellectual property rules at the WTO for COVID-19 vaccines would ensure more equitable access, but wouldn't solve all the problems facing developing countries.
A formal resolution off Australia's complaint about Chinese barley tariffs will likely take years. But at least it starts a structured process for dialogue.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be better able to balance policies between the advanced economies and developing ones to achieve sustainable global economic growth and development.
Australia and other governments refused to release the text until after it was signed on Sunday. It'll do little for Australian trade.
The World Trade Organisation has thrown out the final legal challenge to Australia's tobacco plain packaging laws. Now countries across the world can implement this game-changing public health policy.
China's dumping stoush with Australia isn't just about barley. But it is about trade and unfinished business in global trade rules.
There's a risk Australia won't get access to everything it will need need. It can take are simple stepsto make sure patents don't get in the way.
The World Trade Organization will lose its teeth from midnight. We are entering a world with unenforceable rules.
In 1999, ahead of World Trade Organisation protests, a group of Australian activists created the first open internet publishing platform. This technology is the basis of the internet we know today.
Delivering the Lowy Lecture on Thursday night, Morrison said Australia “cannot afford to leave it to others to set the standards that will shape our global economy”.
Beijing's view of the rule of law is very different to what most of the rest of the world understands.
American and Chinese trade negotiators are pushing hard to get a deal, but a major sticking point remains: ensuring China honors any promises it makes.
China's so-called anti-dumping action against Australia is really an action against Australia's overuse of anti-dumping provisions. Barley producers are caught in the crossfire.
China supplies just 2% of America's steel, while Canada and Europe have sizeable shares and Australian steel producers depend on access to US markets.
On March 1, Donald Trump imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs. To understand their potential impact, it's instructive to look at what happened after George W. Bush enacted similar measures in 2002.
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Professor of Law, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Director of Research and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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