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The debate centers on a technical interpretation of TRIPS, the WTO’s 1995 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which helps to settle related trade disputes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

While WTO member states are busing arguing over how to phrase the patent waiver, the pharma lobby has argued that developing countries should make use of the so-called "TRIPS flexibilities" that allow for compulsory licensing.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021

The WTO’s intellectual-property agreement, called TRIPS, originally foresaw the extension of “flexibilities” to the 48 least-developed countries, where average annual per capita income is below $800.

From Slate • May 12, 2013

Also there would be an issue as to whether Australia was breaching international obligations under TRIPS, the World Trade Organization's trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights system, as well as the Australian-U.S.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2013