Medical Trade, Public Health and the Law Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book presents a historical, conceptual, and empirical examination of public health and medical procurement in international trade law at a time of emergency. It argues that the current trade framework must be redesigned to suit the new needs of the 21st century. It identifies critical problems within the current international trade system that prevent it from effectively responding to pandemics, as well as to the emerging digital economy, and puts forward specific suggestions to upgrade the...