Meri Koivusalo

Meri Koivusalo is professor of global health and development in Tampere University, Finland. She has followed and analysed European trade and health policies for 20 years.

Trade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHS

On Monday, the British parliament will debate whether the NHS should be included in US trade talks. Here’s how to decode the reassuring words we’ll no doubt hear from government.

By Meri Koivusalo

/ 18 Jul 2019

Trade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHS

Free Trade, 'Trade Creep' and the Risks to our Public Health

Trade agreements are not based on natural laws or inevitable necessities, but represent political values and choices that governments make. How could current negotiations on transatlantic trade agreements affect the UK government's sovereign power to protect its citizens health and the public inte

By Meri Koivusalo

/ 16 May 2013