TRIPS and FTAs: A World of Preferential or Detrimental Relations?

TRIPS and FTAs: A World of Preferential or Detrimental Relations?
ROGER KAMPF

ISBN 9781841138015
Bloomsbury Publishing

THE NUMBER OF bilateral and regional free trade agreements (FTAs) negotiated and concluded is steadily increasing, adding to those already in force. The same goes for the discussions and assessments of such
agreements and their potential impact on the multilateral system—they are equally numerous. It is therefore by no means exaggerated to characterise the subject-matter of this chapter, eg the relationship between the TRIPS
Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and FTAs, as being among the topical issues these days.