Lawmakers, civil society groups urge Biden to ‘follow through’ on IP waiver

With the World Trade Organization negotiations to waive some intellectual property obligations for pandemic-related products largely stalled, lawmakers and civil society groups are calling on President Biden to take a more active role in ushering the talks to the finish line. WTO members have moved to text-based negotiations on the proposed waiver, which would allow countries to forgo some commitments under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. But there has been little movement since then. With the...