Committee on Trade and Development - Dedicated Session - Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement: Designation of a Regional Body - Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Domini[...] and the Grenadines - Revision

World Trade Organization WT/COMTD/SE/W/18/Rev.1 10 April 2006 (06-1668) Committee on Trade and Development Dedicated Session Original: English Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement: Designation of a Regional Body Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Revision The following communication, dated 6 April 2006, is being circulated at the request of the above delegations. _______________ This paper sets some proposals to address certain specific concerns of the cosponsors as it relates to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The multilateral trading system needs to identify and implement responses to the issues identified in this submission to overcome the inherent economic disadvantages faced by these small, vulnerable economies. Introduc