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Author(s) -
Drahos Peter
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2001.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , intellectual property , citation , library science , advertising , computer science , political science , law , business , hymenoptera , botany , biology
During the period that the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was being negotiated (1986-1993), there were suggestions that if developing countries agreed to TRIPS the United States would ease off negotiating intellectual property standards bilaterally. The following statement in 1989 from the Director for Intellectual Property at the Office ofthe U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) makes the point: