99. The representative of Hong Kong, China said that his delegation had not yet had the benefit of experience from implementation of the TRIPS Agreement in full. The synoptic tables, in this respect, would be useful as reference material. He thanked India for its intervention and looked forward to studying its proposal. His delegation was interested in an examination of the relationship of the TRIPS Agreement with the Convention on Biological Diversity, including aspects of the protection of traditional and indigenous knowledge. Given that Members were mandated, under Article 27.3(b), to conduct a review of its provisions, they should have an open mind and not exclude a priori any particular aspects. Therefore, he could not go along with Japan that traditional and indigenous knowledge was not to be addressed in this review.
