Trade
The links between trade and health extend back to the earliest human settlements, but globalization has brought these spheres together as never before. This section examines the issues that have led to an even closer intersection between trade and health, asks how they impact the poor, and explores the tensions that arise between the goals of protecting and promoting health and generating wealth through trade.
Trade
29.3%
Goods and services exports as share of global GDP
Goods and services exports as share of global GDP
48%
Developing country share of global trade, 2014
Developing country share of global trade, 2014
50
Preferential trade agreements, in 1990
Preferential trade agreements, in 1990
301
Preferential trade agreements in 2019
Preferential trade agreements in 2019
1995
Founding of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Founding of World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Trade in the Time of Pandemics
With borders closed and global travel constrained, trade will help us find a way out of the pandemic
Vaccine Dreams and Russian Reality
Putin's gamble on an untested cure has high stakes—it could pay off if it actually works but will cost lives if it fails
Vaccine Nationalism and Africa
African Union calls for a “People's Vaccine” as African Academy of Sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites
Why U.S. Vaccine Nationalism Hurts India
Stockpiling COVID-19 jabs cannot be more important than saving human lives
Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines
Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative
Back to Basics After COVID-19
Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic
A New Way to Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Development
How a "benefit-based advance market commitment" could build on existing Gavi COVAX and EU Joint Procurement initiatives
Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate
In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects
Coronavirus is a Public Health Nightmare—Now Comes One More
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Commercial Determinants of Health in COVID-19
Often part of the problem in pandemics, private sector businesses can be part of the solution as well and protect people
Global Health Surveillance in an Internet Age
Let's come up with a sophisticated surveillance system for predicting local disease outbreaks based on consumer behavior
Smoke and Mirrors in Bangladesh
Three lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about tobacco industry influence and corruption
COVID-19: It Ain’t Over Until There’s PPE All Over
None of us are safe until all health workers are protected. The time to start is now.
Coronavirus Drugs—To Have and Have Not
Africa's least developed countries should apply a WTO patent waiver, to import generic versions of future COVID-19 drugs