WTO/AIDS

[Peter K.]

Ian Murray wrote:
>Monday June 25, 1:34 pm Eastern Time
>U.S. Withdraws WTO Patents Case Against Brazil Over Law to Ensure
>Cheap AIDS Drugs
>By NAOMI KOPPEL
>Associated Press Writer
>
>GENEVA (AP) -- The United States has withdrawn a complaint with the
>World Trade Organization over a law used by Brazil to ensure cheap
>drugs to fight AIDS, a Brazilian trade negotiator said Monday.

And the free traders in the Bush administration are backing down on steel
also. It's almost as if their support for free trade and intellectual
property rights is a function of political pressure.

Peter