Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
12-2024
ISBN
9781009282383
DOI
10.1017/9781009282406.018
Abstract
This chapter identifies three distinct reasons why China took a middle-of-the-road position in the debate on the COVID-19 TRIPS waiver at the WTO. It also recounts the country’s more assertive position in the run-up to the adoption of the Ministerial Decision on the waiver. Drawing eight lessons from the international debate on the waiver and the subsequent Ministerial Decision, the chapter offers insights into the future role China can or will play in future international policy debates at the intersection of intellectual property and public health, including during the next pandemic.
First Page
343
Last Page
363
Num Pages
21
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Rights
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/
Editor
Haochen Sun & Madhavi Sunder
Book Title
Intellectual Property, COVID-19 and the Next Pandemic: Diagnosing Problems, Developing Cures
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
China, the TRIPS Waiver, and the Global Pandemic Response,
in
Intellectual Property, COVID-19 and the Next Pandemic: Diagnosing Problems, Developing Cures
343
(Haochen Sun & Madhavi Sunder eds., 2024).
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