health
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18-Sep-2019 The Hindu
US, India keen to wrap up trade deal
Both countries are frantically working on ways to resolve long-disputed trade issues, especially relating to medical devices, agriculture, and e-commerce.
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11-Sep-2019 CityNews
US farmers’ group says pharma, not dairy, is main obstacle to ratifying USMCA
The National Farmers Union says the new deal’s extended patent protection for new pharmaceuticals must be reduced so that less expensive generic versions of new drugs can be available to consumers sooner.
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11-Sep-2019 Radio Canada
Libre-échange : des agriculteurs américains s’inquiètent de l’accès aux soins de santé
La National Farmers Union affirme que la protection élargie des brevets pour les nouveaux produits pharmaceutiques doit être réduite.
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6-Sep-2019 Reuters
UK health service not on the table in US trade talks: Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told visiting US Vice President that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) would not be included in negotiations with the United States for a trade deal.
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3-Sep-2019 Open Democracy
Here’s how we need to protect our NHS from any future US/UK trade deal
Boris Johnson is promising new legislation to ’help the NHS’. But the danger is it will just gift wrap it for US corporations. Campaigners are uniting to say #HandsOffOurNHS and to call on MPs to really protect it.
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23-Aug-2019 Huffington Post
Pour le sénateur français Jean Pierre Sueur, l’ALECA dans sa forme actuelle n’est pas favorable à la Tunisie
Le sénateur français revient sur les effets néfastes que pourrait avoir l’ALECA, sur la pérennité des secteurs de l’agriculture et de la santé en Tunisie.
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7-Aug-2019 The Canary
Author discusses ‘monstrous’ prospects for NHS after no-deal Brexit
US president Donald Trump stood next to outgoing-PM Theresa May and insisted the NHS would be “on the table” in any trade deal.
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18-Jul-2019 Ansol
El acuerdo UE-Mercosur hace peligrar el compre cooperativo
El economista Francisco Cantamutto dialogó con Ansol sobre el tratado UE-Mercosur. De su diagnóstico se desprende que dificulta el compre cooperativo y que tendrá un alto impacto negativo sobre algunos sectores y sobre el conjunto del trabajo.
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18-Jul-2019 Open Democracy
Trade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHS
On Monday, the British parliament will debate whether the NHS should be included in US trade talks. Here’s how to decode the reassuring words we’ll no doubt hear from government.
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11-Jul-2019 Chile Mejor sin TLC
Fenpruss rechaza ratificación del TPP-11 en el Senado
Confederación Fenpruss, organización sindical que representa a las y los profesionales que laboran en el sector centralizado de salud, con representación nacional de Arica a Porvenir, llama a las y los senadores del Congreso a rechazar la ratificación del TPP11.
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5-Jul-2019 La Libre
Ceta ou santé, il faut choisir
Le combat pour défendre l’intérêt public, dont font partie la santé, l’environnement et les conditions dignes de travail, doit être mené à chaque fois qu’un traité de commerce international et de protection des investissements est annoncé.
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28-Jun-2019 Alternatives Economiques
Les Américains lorgnent le système de santé britannique
Les Britanniques s’affairent à négocier des traités bilatéraux, notamment avec les Etats-Unis. Au prix, peut-être, de la casse de leur système de santé.
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27-Jun-2019 Redes - Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay
REDES – AT rechaza el TLC MERCOSUR – UE
REDES – Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay reafirma su rechazo al Tratado de Libre Comercio entre el MERCOSUR y la Unión Europea que está cerca de concluirse, y exige que cesen las negociaciones de inmediato.
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3-Jun-2019 EPHA
Tobacco as an ‘offensive interest’ in trade talks? The role of rules of origin
Beyond ISDS, another potential trade policy issue lurks in the background and which has not yet captured the attention of the health policy community: rules of origin in trade agreements.
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3-Jun-2019 EPHA
Tobacco and trade: an unhealthy and harmful marriage
The tobacco industry has a long history of using international trade deals to force their products into new markets.
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27-May-2019 Red Pepper
Free trade can seriously damage your health
These practises open the door to Big Pharma companies and disastrous private health companies.
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16-May-2019 Chile Mejor sin TLC
ISP rechaza ratificación del TPP-11 en Chile
La reciente ola de acuerdos comerciales son amenazas directas a la prestación de servicios públicos de calidad.
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15-May-2019 Globalization and Health
USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): tightening the constraints on the right to regulate for public health
Rather than enhancing public health protection the USMCA places new, extended, and enforceable obligations on public regulators that increase the power of corporate interests during the development of new regulations.
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18-Apr-2019 Korea Times
Aborted for-profit hospital
The Jeju provincial government has revoked the business license of a Chinese-owned for-profit hospital. The Chinese group may file a suit against the Korean government, using the investor-state dispute settlement system.
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17-Apr-2019 El Desconcierto
El TPP11 y la pérdida de la soberanía
Me opongo al TPP11, porque no quiero que se extiendan las patentes de los medicamentos de 5 a 8 años, encareciendo aún más el acceso a fármacos que salvan vidas o alivian los dolores a miles de chilenos que padecen de enfermedades catastróficas o terminales.
