WTO IT Agreement Committee Reports Progress, Reservations 02/11/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)A group of countries working to expand the World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement (ITA) showed progress this week, but some continued to have reservations, the WTO reported. The 17 WTO members (including the European Union as one) participating in talks to expand the ITA product list met on 1 November, according to a WTO press release. A revised list of products proposed for inclusion will be circulated in mid-December, and negotiations are expected in January. The release highlights progress made, including in bringing new WTO member Russia into the talks, but also mentions reservations from some countries, especially India, which has previously indicated that its manufacturing activity dropped because of the ITA. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "WTO IT Agreement Committee Reports Progress, Reservations" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Tim Roberts says 04/11/2012 at 11:24 am Googling “WTO IT Committee” gives remarkably few useful hits. A little explanation of what the ITA does, and the effect of including products (what products?) on the list, would help ignoramuses like me. Reply
William New says 04/11/2012 at 2:24 pm Here is the WTO website for the ITA, in case that is helpful: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/inftec_e/inftec_e.htm Reply