The WTO and public health

Ecologist

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 365-368

  Bertrand, Agnes ^b   Kalafatides, Laurence ^a  

^a Inst for Economie Relocalisation   (France)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032719982     PISSN: 02613131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. The negotiators signed the Final Act: concluding the Uruguay Round of GATT and establishing the WTO in Geneva in December 1993.
2. Even before the Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiated at the OECD was officially declared dead (December 3, 1998), French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin had declared that the WTO was a better forum for an agreement on investment.
3. Stated by Robert Vastine, President of the Coalition of Service Industries, Oral Testimony before the Interagency Trade Policy Staff Commitee, May 19th 1999.
4. On April 15 in Marrakech, Prime Ministers or Trade Ministers of GATT member countries officially signed "The Final Act establishing the World Trade Organisation". By the end of that year ratification had been rushed through the national parliaments of member countries which constitution required it, which is not the case of the United Kingdom.
5. It is interesting to note that the health department of Axa is headed by Francois Hercereau, former director of the Sécurité Sociale.
6. Le Monde, August 1999.
7. For readers who wish to enquire further on these lobbies, their web-sites are: CSI: www.uscsi.org/, TABD: www.tabd.org, ESN: www.globalservicesnetwork.com
8. "Services 2000: innovative approaches to services trade liberalisation", J R. Vastine, USCI, 13 May 1999, Tokyo.
9. In scheduled sectors this suggests that subsidies and any similar economic benefits conferred on one group would be subject to the national treatment obligation under Article XVII: In Council of Trade in World Trade Organisation RESTRICTED, S/C/W/50, 18 September (98-3558) Council for Trade in Services.In towards a Successful WTO Ministerial Meeting TABD, mid year report, May 1999.