May.25.2021 On May 21, 62 WTO member states[1] submitted a revised proposal on a waiver from certain provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This revised proposal follows the original proposal from India and South Africa in October 2020. Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai had issued a statement announcing the Biden-Harris Administration’s willingness to “actively participate in text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization” regarding a waiver for COVID-19 vaccines (see prior client alert). As stakeho...