As humans continue to encroach on natural habitats, Covid-19 will not be the last zoonotic disease to evolve into a global pandemic. While we are still assessing the fallout from the pandemic and weighing measures to mitigate its consequences, there are three ways that trade agreements must evolve to reflect this new reality.
Trade agreements—whether multilateral ones through the WTO, plurilateral ones such as the CPTPP, or bilateral agreements between two nations—represent the foundational vehicle through which nations remove trade barriers and deepen trade linkages. This category includes a wide array of GTIPA-member reports examining trade agreements their nations have implemented.