World Trade Organization (WTO) Report | Trade Therapy Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses

Excerpt:  “‘This report underscores how trade is a force for good in terms of enabling access to medical goods and services — but also points to where we can improve,’ DG Okonjo-Iweala said. ‘It is a timely reminder, a week ahead of our 12th Ministerial Conference, of how trade is part of the solution to many of the big challenges of our time, whether in public health or the environment.’ The objective of the report is to help policymakers draw lessons for trade policy and international cooperation by examining trade and trade policies in medical goods and services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.”