Multinationals from US, Europe, and Japan collaborated to link intellectual property rights to trade culminating in the creation of the World Trade Organization with its Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of...
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The architects of this trade agreement saw great profit from controlling the building blocks of the biological and digital technologies of the future, says professor Peter Drahos discussing the corporate...
Countries like India and Brazil saw early on how excessive monopoly protection due to intellectual property rights would be an impediment to development, says professor Peter Drahos discussing negotiations...
The globalization of intellectual property rights will not improve trade, competition, or the livelihood of workers; it leads to underdevelopment, says professor Peter Drahos discussing outcomes of the 1995...
The TRIPS Agreement gave multinational corporate owners of intellectual property rights a global form of private taxing power says Peter Drahos explaining the 1995 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade...
The story of the trade agreement is not just a story of power, it’s also a story of clever psychology says Professor Peter Drahos explaining the 1995 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects...
A global effort will be needed to keep knowledge in the public domain says Peter Drahos is explaining the devastating impact of the 1995 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of...
Activities of investors and transnational corporations not only interfere in the regulatory space of States but attack the very essence of sovereignty and self-determination says UN Human Rights Council...
The 2008 financial crisis may be moving in a third wave that could devastate the Global South says Dr. Yilmaz Akyuz, Chief Economist of the intergovernmental organization, the South Centre March 28, 2016...
“You would not ask Citibank to design the bankruptcy law in the US. We know how it would design the law. It would have indentured servitude. Bankruptcy laws that come out of creditors are neither fair...