US, Chilean Drugs Row Reaches Stalemate

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There has been little progress on concerns voiced by the US Ambassador to Chile, Craig Kelly, over alleged violations of intellectual property rights by indigenous drug manufacturers. Despite signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US in 2004, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has recently added Chile to its 'watch' list of countries where equitable market access by US firms is threatened. This has prompted speculation that the US may, in the longer term, call for the terms of the FTA to be