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ID082368
Title ProperBilateral trade agreements as drivers of national and transnational benefit from health technology policy
Other Title Informationimplications of recent US deals for Australian negotiations with China and India
LanguageENG
AuthorFaunce, Thomas ;  Shats, Kathy
Publication2008.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article compares controversial health technology provisions in two important United States free trade agreements with developed nations: Australia and with South Korea. It examines the multinational corporate forces behind the medicines and medical devices components of these texts and their likely impacts upon Australian trade negotiations with China and India. It also examines the implications of some recent changes to US trade policy for this area in subsequent bilateral deals such as that with Peru. This article argues it is important that the Australian government change policy and, like the present Congress in the United States, now systematically approach such impending trade agreements with a view to assisting the partners' regulatory frameworks to maximally enhance national and transnational benefit from their medicines and biotechnology industries
`In' analytical NoteAustralian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 62, No.2. Jue 2008: p196-213
Journal SourceAustralian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 62, No.2. Jue 2008: p196-213
Key WordsBilateral Trade Agreements ;  India ;  China ;  Australia ;  Negotiation ;  Trade Policy