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Spain backs patent waiver, it says it is not enough
May 6, 2021
The Spanish government on Thursday said a U.S. proposal to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines signals the "way forward" but will not...
Costa Rica. A small state and a world pioneer
WHO and Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
By William Worley*
29 May 2020
LONDON — An international project to share intellectual property, scientific data, and...
Moralized Discourses: South Africa’s Intellectual Property Fight for Access to AIDS...
By Debora Halbert
Nov. 2002
INTRODUCTION
In 1997, the South African government passed the South AfricanMedicines and Related Substances Control Act Amendments in order toaddress the...
Vaccine Apartheid: If One Person Is Unprotected, We Are All Unprotected
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
February 25, 2021
“I’ve personally received more doses of a Covid-19 vaccine than 130 countries,” Dr. Craig Spencer writes, about...
The African Continental Free Trade Area: What Kind of Pan-Africanism?
by NANGA Jean
21 January 2019
In Kigali, Rwanda, on March 21, 2018, five years after the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Organisation...
Putin: “We Aren’t Aiming To Ditch The Dollar, The Dollar Is...
by Tyler Durden
11/28/2018
With a number of volatile trends in multiple conflict theaters and geopolitical hot spots now coming to a head this week (Ukraine-Russia, China-US,...
Xi Jinping makes fresh promises to open China’s economy and boost...
5 November, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping made fresh promises on Monday to open China’s economy to the outside world, including lowering import tariffs and...
US threatens trade war against China
By Nick Beams
23 March 2018
The Trump administration has opened a trade war against China by announcing that tariffs will be imposed on...
Gary Cohn Said He Will Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser
By KATE KELLY and MAGGIE HABERMAN
MARCH 6, 2018
Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, said on Tuesday that he would resign, becoming the...
Lori Wallach and Michael Hudson Debate Trump’s Plan to Impose Steel...
March 6, 2018
Ryan Criticizes Tariff Plan as Trump Issues Nafta Threat
By ANA SWANSON
MARCH 5, 2018
WASHINGTON — Paul D. Ryan, the Republican House speaker, criticized...