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Explain India’s position on the waiver of intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines in WTO.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 10 marks
  • India and the Global South

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On 2 October 2020 India and South Africa asked the TRIPS Council to suspend key TRIPS obligations for COVID-19 products, invoking the Article IX waiver power for exceptional circumstances. More than sixty members co-sponsored the proposal and over a hundred backed it. India's position joined public health, law and a fifty-year development interest.

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