{"id":10168,"date":"2020-02-25T15:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T19:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/?page_id=10168"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:24:58","slug":"trade-and-medicines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/trade-and-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade and Access to Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">Established in 2018, the Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">Medicines was convened by the GDP Center to advance an evidence-based <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">understanding of the impacts of trade and investment treaties on access to <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">medicines. The goal of the Working Group\u2013which was comprised of a <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">dynamic group of economists, legal scholars, medical scientists and policy <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">analysts from around the world\u2013was to offer concrete policies and advice <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">to help the trade and investment system be a tool in expanding global <\/span><span role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\">access to secure and affordable medicines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Working Group also advanced policy discourse at the World Trade Organization and at numerous regional and bilateral trade and investment treaties through direct engagement with policymakers, media, civil society and public dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CUSTOM CSS --><\/p>\n<style>.gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half { position: relative; display: block; height: 0; } .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half > .landing-calloutCenter { position: absolute; padding-right: 20px; padding-left: 20px; width: 100%; left: 0; top: 50%; display: block; -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%); -moz-transform: translateY(-50%); -ms-transform: translateY(-50%); transform: translateY(-50%); } .gegi-custom h3.landing-calloutTitle { font-size: 28px; text-align:center; margin:0 } .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half { background:#02BAB9 center center no-repeat; } @media (max-width: 500px) { .gegi-custom h3.landing-calloutTitle { font-size: 24px; } .gegi-custom div.landing-calloutCenter,.col-sm-margin-half { padding-top: 15%; padding-bottom: 15%; }} @media (min-width: 500px) { .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half div.landing-calloutCenter,.col-sm-margin-half { padding-top: 10%; padding-bottom: 10%; }} @media (min-width: 768px) { .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half div.landing-calloutCenter,.col-sm-margin-half { padding-top: 15%; padding-bottom: 15%; }} @media (min-width: 992px) { .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half div.landing-calloutCenter,.col-sm-margin-half { padding-top: 18%; padding-bottom: 18%; }} @media (min-width: 1200px) { .gegi-custom h3.landing-calloutTitle { font-size: 32px; } .gegi-custom .col-sm-margin-half div.landing-calloutCenter,.col-sm-margin-half { padding-top: 18%; padding-bottom: 18%; }}<\/style>\n<p><!-- END CUSTOM CSS --><\/p>\n<div id=\"GEGI-mainpage\" class=\"gegi-custom\">\n<aside class=\"landing-calloutWrap\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-margin-half\" style=\"background-image: url('\/gdp\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled-design-15.png');\">\n<div class=\"landing-calloutCenter\">\n<h3 class=\"landing-calloutTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/2021\/11\/29\/policy-responses-to-covid-19-lessons-for-the-global-trade-and-investment-regime\/\">Trade Policy Responses to COVID-19<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-margin-half\" style=\"background-image: url('\/gdp\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled-design-16.png');\">\n<div class=\"landing-calloutCenter\">\n<h3 class=\"landing-calloutTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/2021\/09\/13\/policy-space-for-building-production-capabilities-in-the-pharmaceuticals-sector-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-evidence-from-bangladesh\/\">Policy Space in Bangladesh<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-margin-half\" style=\"background-image: url('\/gdp\/files\/2021\/05\/fulvio-ciccolo-Ab9Ee6LXLqw-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg'); width: -webkit-fill-available;\">\n<div class=\"landing-calloutCenter\">\n<h3 class=\"landing-calloutTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/trade-and-medicines\/trade-and-medicines-people\/\">Working Group Members &amp; Contributors<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"landing-calloutWrap\"><\/aside>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Trade &amp; Medicines News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"news_list category_303\"><li class=\"post_32181\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/2026\/01\/23\/what-the-eus-new-compulsory-licensing-policy-signals-for-global-health-governance-and-flexibilities-for-middle-income-countries\/\">What the EU\u2019s New Compulsory Licensing Policy Signals for Global Health Governance and Flexibilities for Middle-Income Countries<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">January 23, 2026<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">\r\n\r\nBy Rachel Thrasher, Deborah Gleeson, Brook K. 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