WTO members to continue talks on TRIPS waiver, but no consensus in sight

World Trade Organization members agreed on Thursday to continue discussing a proposal to waive certain intellectual property protections amid the pandemic after a 90-day deadline passes, though consensus on the waiver remains unlikely as many of the largest developed members remain against it. The WTO Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property will give an update to the General Council next week, but it will not include a recommendation on the waiver. Instead, the language of the update will note...