[CTC] "The Promise of a North America-European Union Free Trade Agreement"

[Manuel Perez Rocha]

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From: Judit Rius
Date: April 23, 2013 8:39:28 AM PDT
  Tell Members of Congress to Protect Access to Lifesaving Medicines
Reply-To: Judit Rius

Dear all,

MSF USA has launched an action alert on the TPP. Please share broadly

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/take-action/tpp/

Tell Members of Congress to Protect Access to Lifesaving Medicines
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) relies on  
affordable quality generic medicines to treat tuberculosis, malaria,  
HIV/AIDS, and many more infections for patients in developing countries.

But right now the U.S. government is advocating for trade terms with  
ten Pacific Rim nations that could restrict production of and access  
to generic medicines, making life-saving medicine unaffordable for  
millions.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are being conducted  
in secret, but leaked copies of some chapters show that the US  
proposals would roll back internationally-held public health  
safeguards and impose rules to keep medicine prices high and out of  
reach of millions in the Asia-Pacific region. Even more alarming is  
the fact that the TPP is being billed as a template for future trade  
agreements across the globe.

Too many people already suffer and die because the medicines they need  
are too expensive or do not exist. We cannot stand by as this proposed  
agreement threatens to restrict access even further.

Calling your members of Congress takes just a minute or two, and it’s  
one of the most effective ways to get their attention. Congress needs  
to know that if the USTR proposals for this agreement are included in  
the final deal, this will have a real cost in human lives – a cost  
that their constituents think is far too high.


Judit Rius Sanjuan
U.S. Manager of the Access Campaign
Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
333 Seventh Ave, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001 USA
Office: +1 212 655 3762 // Mobile: +1 917 331 9077
Email: judit.rius at newyork.msf.org

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