CIEL publishes "Putting Health on the Fast Track: Compliance with the Doha Declaration on Public Health as a Principal Negotiating Objective for Trade Promotion Authority".

August 2007

The paper critiques the failure of the United States Trade Representative to comply with the Congressional TPA mandate on public health in its free trade negotiations, examines some of the reasons for that failure, including a lack of specificity and clarity by Congress, and suggests ways to ensure compliance regardless of whether TPA is renewed by Congress. The paper’s analysis points to the need for the US Congress to reassert its full and proper constitutional role in shaping and determining US trade policy, and to restore transparency and accountability.