Flaws in the machine: COVID-19 and failings of global trade and investment systems
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 23/06/2020

When global crises like COVID-19 arise, governments need the autonomy to introduce policies that safeguard a range of social determinants of health. Yet, governments could face lawsuits from private companies for emergency measures to the tune of billions of dollars. Dr Ashley Schram, Deputy Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the School of Regulation and Global Governance, discusses how our current international trade and investment systems open governments up to these lawsuits and why this is a time to rethink our global governance infrastructure.

For more information visit http://regnet.anu.edu.au/research/centres/menzies-centre-health-governance

Watch other videos in this series:
Governing for health equity, with Professor Sharon Friel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifGts-E_FlQ
Politics, policy and people - shifting the policy agenda, with Dr Belinda Townsend: https://youtu.be/Z0G02dq0AXE
Embracing complexity: thinking and working in systems: https://youtu.be/Mk0mjuYtDV0
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Music:
"Signal to Noise" by Scott Buckley
www.scottbuckley.com.au
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