Trade negotiations in 2017

摘要

Entry into force of the amendment to the WTO's intellectual property agreement regarding affordable medicines in January 2017 (see page 100) and the Trade Facilitation Agreement in February (see page 94) as well as steps taken to implement the Nairobi Decision ending farm export subsidies (see page 72) provided a positive backdrop to WTO members' efforts early in the year to make progress in the negotiations and achieve substantive results in Buenos Aires.