Both the PhRMA and the USTR 301 review single out the South African government's efforts to speak publicly in the World Health Assembly as a basis for trade sanctions against the South African people.
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Parallel Imports are legal under Article 6, and compulsory licenses are legal under Article 31. In Europe, parallel imports of pharmaceuticals are common, and we do not bring trade pressures on this issue. Implementation of the law has been suspended pending the resolution of a constitutional challenge in the South African courts. Undisclosed test data is also not adequately protected under South African law. Taxol is a US government invention.