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FTA Watch - India provides news and documents from newspapers and civil society groups around the world in relation to Indian Free Trade Agreements (FTA) negotiations, concerns and discussions as well as progressive and alternative initiatives regarding FTAs. To subscribe, contact us through our Contact Us page.

Digest No: 08; Dated: June 29, 2009
ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS

» EU-India FTA
EU demands in EU-India FTA could adversely affect access to drugs
SUNS | June 29th, 2009
The European Union’s demands on India to take on higher intellectual property (IP) standards, if adopted, could spell disaster for the supply of low-cost generic medicines, undermine India’s development and set a significant precedent for the future of IP rights protection globally, cautioned Dr Carlos M. Correa, an expert on IP and the World Trade Organisation Agreement on IP (TRIPS).

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