Foreign Policy in Focus articles from June 2002

Foreign Policy in Focus archives from June 2002

Global public health: access to essential medicines.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Key Points * Combinations of available pharmaceuticals--too expensive for nearly all of the infected people in the developing world--could enable many afflicted with HIV/AIDS to live relatively normal lives. * Recent multinational...

Problems with current U.S. policy.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Key Problems * The inclusion of intellectual properly provisions in multiple-country trade agreements makes it much harder to advance public health priorities. * Washington continues to work to limit developing countries' options to...

Toward a new foreign policy.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Key Recommendations * The U.S. should agree to work on good-faith implementation of the Doha Declaration regarding the TRIPS agreement and public health. * The U.S. should cease efforts to incorporate intellectual property...

Citizen-based agenda.(citizen-sponsored public health movements)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Citizen movements organizing across national borders are increasingly a key factor in reshaping global affairs policy at both the national and international levels. To further its own mission to reform U.S. foreign policy--"making it a more...

WTO Agreement on Agriculture: suitable model for a global food system?(World Trade Organization )(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... Key Points * The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is part of the document founding the World Trade Organization and provides international rules governing agricultural trade and production. * The AoA permits countries some freedom in...

Problems with current U.S. policy.
June 10, 2002... Key Problems * The AoA ignores the reality of global agricultural markets, which behave differently than markets for other goods. * The AoA focus on increasing exports results in promotion of unsustainable industrial agriculture at the...

Toward a new foreign policy.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... Key Recommendations * The AoA must be reformed to allow developing countries flexibility to use a range of trade and domestic support programs. * All export dumping must cease, and the prosecution of antitrust cases against...

Citizen-based agenda.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... Citizen movements organizing across national borders are increasingly a key factor in reshaping global affairs policy at both the national and international levels. To further its own mission to reform U.S. foreign policy--"making it a more...