The decision by Australia’s High Court to uphold the constitutionality of the country’s ground-breaking tobacco plain packaging laws has been heralded as a victory for national sovereignty over vested interests. However, the ability of governments worldwide to introduce and im plement public health policies and laws is increasingly threatened by trade and investment treaties that privilege inve...

Abstract Much ink has been splashed on the ideological, conceptual, and practical challenges that China’s state capitalism posed to global trade rules. There is a growing perception current international rules are neither conceptually coherent nor practically effective in tackling capitalism. This not only led emergence of new regional agreements, but also culminated US-China war, further aggra...

Contact Information Developing an online database of descriptions of ectomycorrhizae 1. Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 Burnside Road West, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5. Email: [email protected] 2. Biologist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 Burnside Road West, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1...

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: The this research is to the a ssess Indo-French bilateral cooperation in Indo-Pacific region. study aims identify main areas between India France. This paper assesses roadmap for broader strategy „Indo-Pacific Parks Partnership”. Materials methods: It uses empirical approach know what extent achieves its goal. Further, answers following questions test hypot...

∗Akgul is a Ph.D. candidate with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. †Villoria is a Research Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics with the Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ‡Hertel is a Professor of Agricultural Economics and the Executive Director of the Center for Global Trade An...

Intellectual property (IP) protections proposed by the United States for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) have sparked widespread alarm about the potential negative impact on access to affordable medicines. The most recently leaked draft of the IP chapter shows some shifts in the US position, presumably in response to ongoing resistance from other countries. While some problematic...

BACKGROUND The current low access to virological testing to confirm chronic viraemic HCV infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is limiting the rollout of hepatitis C (HCV) care. Existing tests are complex, costly and require sophisticated laboratory infrastructure. Diagnostic manufacturers need guidance on the optimal characteristics a virological test needs to have to ensure the...