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negotiation under the TRIPS Agreement prior to its coming into force. The EU states for instance made geographical indications of origin a negotiating issue under the TRIPS and so did the US on the issue of copyright protection for computer softwares.

As events after the completion of the Uruguay round of trade negotiations have shown in the MTNs in Seattle and Cancun, developing countries are not without leverage in trade negotiations. This leverage must be used well to advance the issues that are of interest to their integration into the global economy to ensure a freer and fairer trade for all participants of the international trading system.

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