It has been a year since the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle under siege by protesters claiming that unrelenting globalization of trade is adversely affecting the economies of developing countries. But WTO rules affect more than the economy.The new criteria proposed at the WTO threaten some of the key mechanisms that allow governments to guarantee health care for their populations by requiring governments to demonstrate that their pursuit of social policy goals are least restrictive and least costly to trade.
Author(s): Pollock, Allyson M., Price, David Originator(s): The Lancet
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