ASEFUAN / IGIR Dialogues on Trade
Brussels, Belgium, 8 April & 6 May 2011
ASEFUAN / IGIR Dialogue on Trade and Public Health, Brussels, Belgium, 8 April 2011
Co-organisers: Asia-Europe Foundation University Alumni Network (ASEFUAN) AISBL; Institute for Globalization and International Regulation (IGIR), Maastricht University
Sponsored by: Asia-Europe Foundation
(www.asef.org)- Date: Friday 8 April 2011
- Venue: University of Maastricht, Campus Brussels (Avenue de l’Armée 10, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
The Asia-Europe Foundation University Alumni Network (ASEFUAN) and the Institute for Globalization and International Regulation (IGIR) is pleased to announce that the ASEFUAN/IGIR Dialogues on Trade and Public Health took place at the Brussels Campus of the Maastricht University on Friday 8 April 2011. There were about 20 participants from academia, civil society, companies, law firms, and European institutions.
The April edition of the ASEFUAN/IGIR Dialogues discussed two main topics: Regulations of "Medicines in Transit" and the new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and their implication on the WTO system. The subtopics were as follows:
- Seizure of Medicines in Transit – the European implications and debate
- Seizure of Medicines in Transit – the WTO Implications
- Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – Background and Purpose
- ACTA – Implications: General and For Access to Medicines
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