§ Dr. MoonieTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what actions his Department is taking in order to incorporate considerations relating to intellectual property rights in the Uruguay round of the GATT negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe draft final act of the GATT Uruguay round presented by the GATT director general, Mr. Dunkel, in December 1991 included an agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights. The views of business, industry and other organisations were actively sought and carefully considered as part of the negotiations. The draft agreement is considered to be a good text which we are encouraging other countries to accept without any amendments, as part of an overall agreement in the Uruguay round.