Eliminemos aranceles para derrotar al coronavirus
La demanda sin precedentes por parte de hospitales que están almacenando medicamentos básicos ha causado escasez y aumento de precios a nivel mundial
Tariffs are hurting patients – and hampering the fight against Covid
While researchers in universities and private-sector laboratories work round-the-clock for new treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, physicians rely on a broad cabinet of older medicines to help patients through their darkest hour.
Abolishing pharmaceutical and vaccine tariffs to promote access
The Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated the importance of global trade for access to all kinds of medical supplies, with many jurisdictions suffering shortages of essential medical goods as a result of various trade barriers.
Trade Barriers Stand in the Way of Defeating COVID-19
At the 73rd World Health Assembly earlier this week, public health officials from dozens of countries gathered — virtually, of course — to discuss strategies to defeat COVID-19.
A Joint Declaration on the Importance of Collaboration, Open Trade, and Innovation in Tackling COVID-19
We are an international coalition of public policy research institutes and think tanks that believes that the collaboration, open trade and innovation will provide the solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.
Priorities for UK trade liberalisation
As the UK develops its trade policy outside of the EU, it would be a mistake to base its future approach on the one it inherits from the EU.
CodeBlue Reports on Improving Access to Medicines
CodeBlue wrote an article, “Low Cost Measures To Tackle Health SDGs Proposed Ahead of UN Meeting” highlighting the major recommendations of the Improving Access to Medicines report that a coalition of think tanks, including Geneva Network, published ahead of the 74th session of the United
Why free trade is good for your health
“Free trade does in fact appear to be associated with better health outcomes, with the relationship particularly pronounced for lower-income countries.” Much of the public discourse about free trade focuses on the supposed dangers it poses to the environment, to vulnerable communities around the world
NAFTA and health: how trade improves health
Editor’s note: the article first appeared in The Hill on 25 November 2017. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiators met in Mexico City recently, hoping to keep alive a deal that has set the terms for trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States since the