Health Services and Access to Medicines and Other Health Technologies

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

This chapter explores the implications of trade agreements for the provision of health
services and access to medicines and other health technologies. It first examines the
potential effects of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and subsequent …

Trade and Health: From Ancient Pandemics to the World Trade Organization and Beyond

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

Trade is as old as human societies, but treaties governing trade between nations are
relatively new. Negotiations for international trade rules began after World War II,
culminating in the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The WTO …

The Politics of Trade Policy and the Trade Negotiating Process

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

This chapter presents an analysis of the actors, ideas, institutions and processes that
shape trade policy and the negotiation of trade agreements. The roles played by
nation states, industry, civil society and academics are explored. The trade policy …

Trade, Labour Markets and the Environment

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

New trade agreements often include measures promising protection of labour rights
and the environment. The section on labour describes how labour rights are said to
be protected in such agreements and how (or if) the inclusion of these rights within …

Conclusion: Strengthening Trade and Health Policy Coherence

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

The Conclusion draws together all of the arguments of this book. It briefly recaps the
emergence of the multilateral rules-based trading system and the shift towards
bilateral and regional trade agreements, explores the main areas of policy …

Trade Agreements and Public Health

D Gleeson, R Labonté

This chapter introduces readers to the ambivalent relationship between trade and
health and explains why understanding this relationship, along with the complex web
of trade and investment rules that has developed since World War II, is important for …

Methods and Approaches for Measuring the Impact of Trade Agreements on Public Health

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

This chapter reviews key research methods used to interrogate trade and health
relationships organised under seven categories:'Big Trade'studies that rely on large
data sets; country case studies which dig deeper into specific trade-related …

Commodities Harmful to Health

D Gleeson, R Labonté - Trade Agreements and Public Health, 2020

This chapter discusses the implications of trade agreements for tobacco, alcohol and
ultra-processed foods. For each of these unhealthy commodities, the impact of
reducing tariffs and other non-tariff barriers is explored, along with the ways in which …