Unfortunately, the trade negotiators who framed the intellectual-property agreement of the Uruguay trade round of the early 1990’s (TRIP’s) were either unaware of all of this, or more likely, uninterested. I served on the Clinton administration’s Council of Economic Advisors at the time, and it was clear that there was more interest in pleasing the pharmaceutical and entertainment industries than in ensuring an intellectual-property regime that was good for science, let alone for developing countries.
不幸的是，20世纪90年代早期制定乌拉圭回合谈判《与贸易有关的知识产权协议》的贸易谈判代表要么是对此知之不详，而更有可能的还是根本不感兴趣。那时我在克林顿政府的经济顾问委员会中任职，很明显，与确保建立对科学，尤其是发展中国家有所帮助的知识产权制度相比，当时的谈判代表对取悦制药和娱乐等行业更感兴趣。