GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Doha Development Round, Uruguay Round, Bioprospecting
23 Nov 2012
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Negotiate domestic agricul policies (ex: prevent pests, contaminated products) Discuss converting non-tariff barriers to tarrifs + reducing barriers altogether. Maintain sound science basis for sanitary barriers. Loopholes + circumvention (of new rules by more powerful/rich nats) Took 7 years to discuss which issues were most imp to discuss @next round. Sell agricul products @lower price on gl/market, outcompete other sellers (dev"g nats) Nov 2001: takes place in doha, qatar. Top issue for poorer nats = liberalization of agricul (their main export) Also want uruguay agreements fully implemented (rules pertaining to textile industries) Deal brokered in principle on medical patents poor nats given access to cheaper drugs (hiv/aids/tb/malaria) Wto says they can lift patents after 20 years, so pharmaceutical companies + r&d companies can make profit. Solution: generic formulas of imp medications that can be produced domestically in devel nats. Issues = bio-piracy (only recog when affects developed nats)
