On May 11th, USIJ wrote to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai to add its voice to the loud chorus of serious concerns already being expressed by experts from many quarters regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement last week that the U.S. will not object to a proposal being advanced by India, South Africa, and others, most notably China, that would allow the World Trade Organization to abrogate the terms of the TRIPS Agreement as to intellectual property (“IP”) that might prove useful in treating or preventing Covid-19.
