TRIPS yakataurirana panguva yeUruguay Round yeGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) muna 1984-1994. Kuiswa kwayo kwaive mugumo wechirongwa chekurudziro yakasimba neUnited States, ichitsigirwa neEuropean Union, Japan nedzimwe nyika dzakasimukira. Mishandirapamwe yekukurudzira hupfumi hwega pasi peGeneral System of Preferences uye kumanikidza pasi peChikamu 301 cheTrade Act yakaita basa rakakosha mukukunda kukwikwidza zvirevo zvemitemo zvaifarirwa nenyika dzichiri kusimukira seBrazil, asi zvakare kusanganisira Thailand, India neCaribbean Basin nyika.
United States, inotsigirwa neEuropean Union, Japan nedzimwe nyika dzakabudirira