It's hard to tell at this point since it was a High Court ruling, which doesn't
care about WTO. However, should it flout WTO ruling then it becomes another
matter. Then the Indian government (though the justice system again) will have
to review/challenge it. The fact that it is a public health issue and that
many NGOs and developing countries are lauding it tells me that the US will try
to avoid seeing it as a bully. Besides, the trade talks are being slowed down
by India and so the US might not want to unnecessarily irritate India.
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Michael Perelman wrote:
Will pressure from the US reverse this?
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:10:05PM -0700, Anthony D'Costa wrote:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/business/drug.php
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