Colombia: "In the end, something similar happened to what happened with Article 31bis that we negotiated here — and that we will explore under agenda item 7 - namely, that the COVID 19 waiver is so cumbersome and weak that it has never been used." @wto.org
"It should be borne in mind that there were very difficult discussions and negotiations here at the WTO for many months on the role that IP played in access to vaccines and medicines in relation to the pandemic." @wto.org
"Second, we can already have a more measured and balanced reflection on developments with regard to IP and the COVID 19 pandemic."
Colombia (Nov 2025 TRIPS Council): "First, in anticipation of the initiative under item 14, we would simply like to request that the WHO Secretariat make a presentation to Members on the outcome of the Pandemic Agreement and next steps, in particular the negotiations on the annex." @who.int
Notifications under provisions of this Agrement.
From the November 2025 minutes of the TRIPS Council - Brazil's statement on VMAT and IP/C/W/724. @wto.org
Petition to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) objecting to proposed financing by Public Investment Fund (Saudi Arabia); Qatar Investment Authority (Qatar); and L’imad Holding Co. (United Arab Emirates) in Paramount.
www.keionline.org/41263
Minutes of the TRIPS Council from November 2025: docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages... @wto.org
The next session of the WTO TRIPS Councill will take place from 23 April 2026 to 24 April 2026. Currently, the TRIPS Council is chaired by Ambassador Emmanuelle IVANOV-DURAND (France). A new chair will rotate in this year.
France: "We hope to see successful discussions on a draft balanced international instrument for the protection of broadcasting organizations and in the implementation of sustainable ambitious and tangible action to defend and enhance the work of creators the world over." @manonress.bsky.social
WIPO General Assembly - Fifty-ninth (32nd extraordinary) session @wipo.int
#WHA79 Official side events - apps.who.int/gb/Side-Even...
KEI Europe submission on the European Union Global Health Resilience Initiative
keieurope.org/2026/04/14/k...
"In a death knell for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the proposed budget for the US State Department will “eliminate disease-specific accounts”."
HPW: "US President Donald Trump wants to eliminate $4.3 billion from the US government’s global health budget, including all funding for the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional organisation for the Americas."
Countries already on the WHO Executie Board: Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Panama, Nepal, Thailand, Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Brunei, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Solomon Islands.
HPW reports on the new EB members rotating onto the WHO Board in May 2026: Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, South Sudan, United Kingdom, Georgia, Kuwait, and China. It is still unclear at this point as to which countries will replace Barbados and the DPRK. #EB160 @who.int
HPW: "So why does any of this matter? The countries entering the Executive Board in 2026 will screen the Director General (DG) candidates and narrow the field to three finalists before the full WHA makes its final call in 2027." #EB160
HPW: "Right now, across all six WHO regions, the deals are being done to determine who fills the rotating seats on the board’s 34-member roster, with 10 members rotating out in 2026 and 10 new ones taking their place." @who.int #EB160
"Whoever is confirmed to the board at this year’s WHA in Geneva in May will have an outsized say in who leads the world’s most important health organization at arguably its most precarious moment."
"The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board does not make headlines. It should. This is the body that screens Director General candidates, whittles the field down to three, and presents them to the World Health Assembly (WHA) for confirmation." @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social #EB160
How A Few Developing Countries Tied The Protection of Policy Space in Public Health With Duties on E-Commerce: A Tale of Two Moratoriums at the WTO
newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/how-a-few-de...
Article 10.9 of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement on "Transfer of Technology".
Article 10.39 of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement on "Protection of data submitted to obtain marketing authorisation for pharmaceutical or agricultural chemical products". circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/092...
Article 10.16 of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement on the "Resale right". circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/092... @manonress.bsky.social @wipo.int @wto.org
