To: Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Trade Frans Timmermans First Vice-president of the European Commission, responsible for Sustainable Development and Transparency Cc: Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Brussels,...
Trade and public health policy are linked in many ways, ranging from impacts on healthcare and health services, to combatting disease to government procurement rules and food labelling. This report considers the potential health impacts of the European Union’s trade...
Public concerns about potential health impacts of international trade agreements were central to the widespread protests during the TTIP (EU-US) and CETA (EU-Canada) trade negotiations. A diverse group of organisations has developed their vision of how future...
“There is already a very good example for a successful conflict of interest policy at the UN level. Vested interests have been blacklisted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in order to protect public health policy-making from the...
Eleven organisations representing patients across the UK and Europe have today, 13 March, warned EU negotiators of the risk of drugs getting stuck at borders, regulatory systems for medicines splintering and potential breakthrough research collaborations being forced...
