The United States has called for the removal of tariffs and stronger intellectual property protections for medicines within the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact.
The US Trade Representative said the proposal is aimed at promoting trade in generic and innovative medicines, while guaranteeing pharmaceutical producers intellectual property rights.
The USTR proposal was made at negotiations in Chicago with eight trading partners -- Australia, Brunei, Chile,Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam -- over the creation of the regional trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Full story
