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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and international trade in health services. Impact and regulations

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  • Driss Bakhouya

    (Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Adrar, Algeria)

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This article is interested in studying the impact of trade agreements on the quality of health services, and the statement of the role of the Ministry of Health to protect the quality of these services. The problems that arise in this study; how the application of GATT on trade in health, and services? This article also includes the impact of international trade agreements on the issue of attracting foreign investments in the field of health, and to clarify the government's ability to maintain the health and political, and the capacity of national health products to compete with foreign products. Different research methods were used in the study, including: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction. However, the most used method was comparative considering the specifics of the subject under studying. The study ends by mentioning that although so far only a few countries where trade in health services has a major role, trading. However, there seems to be agreement that is wide enough, with respect to health services. Furthermore, Trade liberalization - or privatization - can may lead to the development of second-degree health care system.

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  • Driss Bakhouya, 2017. "The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and international trade in health services. Impact and regulations," Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, vol. 7(Special), pages 54-68, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:asr:journl:v:7:y:2017:i:special:p:54-68
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    1. Mia Mikic, 2007. "Health-related Services in Multilateral and Preferential Trade Arrangements in Asia and the Pacific," Working Papers 3007, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
    2. Adlung, Rudolf, 2009. "Trade in healthcare and health insurance services: The GATS as a supporting actor (?)," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2009-15, World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.
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    Keywords

    GATS agreement; health services; health policy; the TRIPS agreement.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law

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