Few and Far Between: Some Explanations of Health Provisions in Trade Agreements

Shahnawaz Sheikh ()
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Shahnawaz Sheikh: Department of Economics, California State University, 400 W 1st St, Chico, CA 95926-0430, USA

Journal of Globalization and Development, 2016, vol. 7, issue 2, 10

Abstract: The recent proliferation of trade agreements and swelling membership of the WTO can be explained in part by the promise of faster growth and economic development that trade liberalization is supposed to deliver. But many countries enter into arrangements that fail to safeguard national health objectives. This article proposes some explanations by developing a formal model. It identifies a country’s trade negotiation capacity, the significance of its exports to its trade partners, and its public health status as important determinants of how sensitive its trade agreements are to its health concerns. Some examples are provided to illustrate the predictions of the model.

Keywords: health and development; liberalization; trade pacts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/jgd-2016-0024

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