India’s suggestions included in WTO draft resolution

In what may seem as solving the rubicon puzzle, consensus statement drafted by world nations on Para VI impasse indicates that an effort has been made to embed the proposals of both developed as well as developing countries. The US proposal that is said to be agreed upon by India, Brazil and four to five developing countries has put forward a four point agenda. 1) CL provisions should be used only for humanitarian purposes and not to be used recurrently for industrial/commercial policy objectives. 2) The countries which intend to opt out of the arrangement could do so in whole or part and the CL provisions could be utilised by only such countries which agrees to it. 3) Medicines received under this arrangement should not be diverted from markets for which these are intended and produ...