Intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions have become a staple of modern free trade agreements since the 1995 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which set minimum standards for IPR protection for World Trade Organization (WTO) members. TRIPS requires members to provide an intellectual property legal structure encompassing patents, trademarks, copyrights, other provisions […]
It is no surprise that calls to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resonated with so many Americans. Numerous studies have documented the negative effects of NAFTA on certain groups, regions and the environment in the US, Mexico and Canada. However, the resulting United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not restore innovation, industrial jobs, […]
In 1995, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) introduced mandatory pharmaceutical patenting to the developing world for the first time. Alongside the regulatory challenges that this produced, TRIPS explicitly permitted some flexibilities enabling countries to protect intellectual property in diverse ways. Subsequently, modern bilateral and regional free trade agreements contain additional […]
By Richard Kozul-Wright and Kevin P Gallagher. OpenDemocracy and Bretton Woods, May 13 2019.
By Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright. Project Syndicate, April 9 2019.
Leading up to and in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, there has been a significant amount of literature demonstrating how regulating cross-border financial flows helps prevent and mitigate financial crises. However, an increasing number of trade and investment treaties makes it difficult to regulate the inflow or outflow of capital to prevent and […]
RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION: Renewable Energy Targets, a Global Estimate We are seeking a research assistant to join the Boston University Global Development Policy Center for the project Renewable Energy Targets, a Global Estimate. Project Description: The project Renewable Energy Targets, a Global Estimate seeks to quantify national renewable energy targets in the power sector globally, both in […]
By Henrik Selin & Rebecca Cowing Op-Ed for The Conversation, December 2018
Kevin Gallagher, Director of the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center and Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, published a recent Op-Ed on China’s emerging leadership on energy and climate change. Gallagher’s Op-Ed, entitled “China Must Calibrate Overseas Lending Towards Paris Climate Goals,” was published in Financial Times on December 10, 2018. From the […]
Intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions have become a staple of modern free trade agreements since the 1995 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which set minimum standards for IPR protection for World Trade Organization (WTO) members. Many recent bilateral and multilateral trade agreements increase the scope and coverage of IPR provisions and […]