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Promoting Health? Public Health Stakeholder Engagement in Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Negotiations

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

Elizabeth Wiley, MD, JD, MPH , Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Maryland, Pasadena, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
From access to medicines to tobacco control, the new generation of trade agreement negotiations, specifically the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), may have profound implications for many aspects of the global public health landscape. As the U.S. has announced intentions to use these “partnerships” as a model for all future free trade agreements, it is essential that the public health community actively engage in shaping the TPP and TTIP. Stakeholder events have been organized at most rounds of negotiations; nonetheless, TPP negotiations have been criticized as inaccessible to many stakeholders, lacking transparency and offering few meaningful opportunities for civil society stakeholder participation. A particular concern has been preferential industry access to negotiations, negotiators and draft texts. In this context, this presentation will analyze recent stakeholder activities and participation in TPP negotiations and discuss potential strategies to strengthen the public health voice in future rounds of trade agreement negotiations.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Other professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe stakeholder activities and participation in Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement negotiations. Discuss strategies for meaningfully increasing stakeholder participation to promote public health in future rounds of trade agreement negotiations.

Keyword(s): Social Justice, International Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As an advocate and physician, I have participated in Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreement negotiations as a stakeholder and have researched and written on promoting public health in trade agreement negotiations.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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