TPP Deal Limits Access to Affordable Medicines
SputnikNews.com
05.10.2015
US Senator Sherrod Brown said that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal limits access to affordable medicines will have serious consequences for the US and global health standards.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal will restrain public’s access to low-cost medicine, US Senator Sherrod Brown said in a statement on Monday.
“A deal [TPP] that limits access to affordable medicines will have serious consequences for the US and global health standards,” Brown said.
Earlier on Monday, twelve countries of the Pacific-Rim region reached an agreement on the wording and subject matter of the TPP deal designed to cover about 40 percent of the global economy.
The free trade agreement eliminates about 18,000 taxes previously imposed by the Asia-Pacific nations on US goods, including machinery, automobile and agriculture products, according to the White House.
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