WTO members look to make progress on IP waiver despite postponed MC12

World Trade Organization members continued with business as usual on Monday after suddenly postponing the 12th ministerial conference just a few days earlier, but they underlined the urgency of finding a way forward on a proposed waiver of some intellectual property obligations for pandemic-related products given the uncertainty around the new coronavirus variant. Negotiators said they want to keep the momentum going in the discussions in the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which convened on Monday, and...