{"id":37214,"date":"2019-03-22T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=37214"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:22:46","slug":"gdp-center-hosts-workshop-on-trade-treaties-and-sdgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2019\/03\/22\/gdp-center-hosts-workshop-on-trade-treaties-and-sdgs\/","title":{"rendered":"GDP Center Hosts Workshop on Trade Treaties and SDGs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0<\/span>Global Development Policy (GDP) Center<\/a>, an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University,\u00a0held a workshop entitled \u201cRethinking Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines: Toward a Policy Oriented Research Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals\u201d on March 21, 2019 at Boston University\u2019s Washington, DC offices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The workshop was the first step by the GDP Center toward\u00a0establishing a high-level working group on trade, intellectual property rules, and access to medicines with the objective to develop a research agenda that will allow international policy-makers, national governments, and associated stakeholders to evaluate and address progress and pitfalls toward ensuring that the trade regime provides the proper incentives for universal access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The recently established United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have put global health at the center of the global development agenda.\u00a0<\/span>While there have been decades of discussion on the trade regime and access to medicines, the\u00a0United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bring a renewed sense of importance and urgency to the debate. SDG goal number 3 seeks to \u201cEnsure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.\u201d Under that rubric, the SDGs outline an important pathway to achieve that goal, aiming to \u201cachieve universal health coverage, including access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The initial workshop focused on identifying knowledge gaps in the evaluation of the compatibility of the trade regime with the ability of nation-states to implement policies for universal access to medicines at the national level and that will help stakeholders calibrate the trade regime toward meeting Sustainable Development Goal 3.\u00a0<\/span>The workshop featured distinguished panelists from all over the world, including China, Australia, the U.K., and Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.@GDPC_BU<\/a> hosted a workshop “Rethinking Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines: Toward a Policy-Oriented Research Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals” at @BU_Tweets<\/a>‘ Washington, DC offices.<\/p>\n

Find out more: https:\/\/t.co\/XwxAJqQaK2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ay8K6eofXI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GDPCenter (@GDPC_BU) March 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n