All-night haggling in Doha ends in agreement

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Series Details 15.11.01, p11
Publication Date 15/11/2001
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Major article describing the final stages of the Fourth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Doha, 9-13 November 2001. The poorest countries' biggest prize was US backing for an assurance that WTO rules on trade-related rights (TRIPs) would not enable patent laws to be used to block poor countries' access to essential medical supplies.

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