No Free TRIPS Act

United States118th CongressS-1834Senate
Updated: Jun 6, 2023

Summary

No Free TRIPS Act This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress. The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-3858: No Free TRIPS Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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