WTO OKs Generic-Drug Deal for Poor Nations
The World Trade Organization agrees on a plan that would allow poor countries to override patent rights and import cheaper generic versions of drugs for certain public health crises, such as the AIDS epidemic. Hear NPR's Joanne Silberner.
NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to <EM>Marketplace</EM> correspondent Bob Moon about a new study by Oxfam, the global relief and development agency, that concludes consumer demand for cheaper goods is increasingly compromising labor standards for workers around the world -- particularly women.