The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)permits developing countries to import generic products from other countries if they don't have the capacity to produce generic drugs.

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According to Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement, "Members may also allow the supply of patented medicines under certain circumstances, such as where the patentee has not made the patented medicine available in sufficient quantities in the Member seeking to use the exception, or where such medicines are supplied in response to a public health emergency." This allows developing countries to import generic products from other countries if they do not have the capacity to produce generic drugs.