The UK's new trade deal : a major threat to public health.
by McNamara, Courtney; Green, Liz; Barlow, Pepita; Bellis, Mark A.
Publisher: 2023.ISSN: 09598154.Summary: The UK has joined one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, known as the CPTPP. This agreement contains many of the same provisions that made a potential US-UK free trade deal controversial from the perspective of public health. Joining the CPTPP could increase industry influence in public health standard setting, make it more difficult for governments to regulate for the benefit of health, increase the costs of medicines, and generate economic insecurity and, potentially, job losses, with knock-on effects for health. As the government has not pursued a health impact assessment during the accession process, one should be performed by public health scholars and professionals. [Summary].Journal Title: BMJ.Year: 2023.Volume: 381.Number: (8379).Pagination: 109-111.Date: (22 April 2023).Subject(s): public health | regulation | government policy | health policy | free trade | commercial enterprises | health impact assessment | United KingdomDigital copy List(s) this item appears in: Public health in England (September 2023]
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The UK has joined one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, known as the CPTPP. This agreement contains many of the same provisions that made a potential US-UK free trade deal controversial from the perspective of public health. Joining the CPTPP could increase industry influence in public health standard setting, make it more difficult for governments to regulate for the benefit of health, increase the costs of medicines, and generate economic insecurity and, potentially, job losses, with knock-on effects for health. As the government has not pursued a health impact assessment during the accession process, one should be performed by public health scholars and professionals. [Summary]
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