Abstract
From 1995 to 2006, Canadian trade policy purported to insulate the Canadian health care system from the effects of trade liberalization, largely through reliance upon key general exclusion clauses in the NAFTA and the GATS and other legal strategies. During the Conservative years 2006-2015 the government de-emphasized these strategies, and (more importantly) the international trade agenda increasingly emphasized investment promotion and patent protection. When the Liberal Party returned to government in 2015, personal, structural, and ideological factors all pointed to the retention of the neoliberal trade agenda, but one which was legitimated by more 'progressive' features, such as side-agreements. This paper traces the evolution of 'progressive neoliberalism' in the trade-health interface and argues that we need to recognize the inherent limitations of an approach that preaches harmony and coherence between domestic health care and international trade law.
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Mark CrawfordISBN: 1710-7377 ISSN: 1710-7377 Publisher Association d’Économie Politique
Les contenus de la revue Interventions économiques sont mis à disposition selon les termes de la Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
This standard clause helps to preserve a basic minimum of policy autonomy to regulate food safety and maintain public health but does not afford any added protection
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ISBN: 1710-7377 ISSN: 1710-7377 Publisher Association d’Économie Politique. Electronic reference Mark Crawford, “Health Care and the Limits of “Progressive” Neoliberalism: Re-Evaluating the TradeHealth Interface 2006-2019”, Revue Interventions économiques [Online], 65 | 2021, Online since 01 December 2020, connection on 03 February 2021. This text was automatically generated on 3 February 2021. Les contenus de la revue Interventions économiques sont mis à disposition selon les termes de la Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Health Care and the Limits of “Progressive” Neoliberalism: Re-Evaluating the. Health Care and the Limits of “Progressive” Neoliberalism: ReEvaluating the Trade-Health Interface 2006-2019
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