IPR-Enhancing EU-Mercosur Trade Talks Set To Resume After Stalling

The European Commission expects talks will resume in a matter of weeks for an EU-Mercosur trade deal, which would increase intellectual property rights protection for originator medicines in the Latin American markets.

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Could An EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Soon Be Concluded?

Trade talks between the EU and the South American trade bloc, Mercosur, look set to resume soon despite setbacks at the end of 2017, according to the European Commission. The deal, which is seeking to increase intellectual property right protection for pharmaceuticals in Mercosur markets, has come under fire from public health advocates for aiming to legitimize in Mercosur countries IPR mechanisms that are under scrutiny in Europe.

Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the EU have been in talks over a free trade deal since 2000....

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