[Ip-health] Trade Promotion Act requires USTR to seek "elimination" of reference pricing abroad

[Mike Palmedo]

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PhRMA refers to this in its 2006 submission to USTR for the 301.

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http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/tradeact/act7.asp

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SEC. 2102. TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.

(b) PRINCIPAL TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES

(8) REGULATORY PRACTICES.-The principal negotiating objectives of the Unite=
d States regarding the use of government regulation or other practices by f=
oreign governments to provide a competitive advantage to their domestic pro=
ducers, service providers, or investors and thereby reduce market access fo=
r United States goods, services, and investments are -

... (D) to achieve the elimination of government measures such as price con=
trols and reference pricing which deny full market access for United States=
 products.

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