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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRIPS AGREEMENT: DIFFERENT APPROACHES BETWEEN TRIPS AND CBD
We shall now consider the provisions of the Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization, entered into as a result of the Uruguay Round of negotiations, in relation to the advances made in the field of biotechnology. To complete this aspect of the study, we will also take note of the provisions of the TRIPS agreement vis-a-vis genetic resources, and its impingement on the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), the provisions of which will, however, be dealt with in detail in a subsequent chapter.
We shall also take note of the efforts of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) to evolve an international undertaking on ...
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