Okonjo-Iweala: New TRIPS proposal a ‘reasonable, workable’ option

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala this week urged both proponents and skeptics of a waiver of some intellectual property protections for COVID-19-related products to look closely at her recently released compromise proposal, arguing it works within the existing WTO framework to expand access to those products. The negotiations over a proposal waiver of certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights has been contentious and largely stalled for a year. Last week, Okonjo-Iweala put forward...