webfact Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Public Health Minister scrambles to study TPP's impacts on health products and servicesBANGKOK, 29 February 2016 (NNT) – The nation's public health policy will be determined after examining the impacts of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, says the Public Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary.Public Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Sophon Mekthon disclosed that a subcommittee will be studying the impacts of the TPP agreement. These issues include as access to medicine, Thai wisdom, tobacco and alcohol consumption, investment and investor protection, health insurance policy, the general public's health and the nation's health systems.The subcommittee for studying the impacts of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on public health and health system will begun the study by monitoring seven items of products and services including Thai wisdom: herbs, medical equipment, cosmetic, food, tobacco, alcoholic drinks and health services.Information and Source.-- NNT 2016-02-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 What exactly is "Thai Wisdom"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Now this will be interesting. Will they look at advertising of health and food products that are totally false, such as this "drink makes you more intelligent" and this product "will make your breast bigger". I wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 TPP will threaten the Thai State tobacco enterprise's monopoly on manufacture and dsitribution of tobacco products. TPP will remove such protectionism. But no different than the impact ASEAN will have on Thailand. I expect the common denominator is that Thailand will expect special priviledges for its state-owned enterprises versus free market enterprises from both ASEAN and TPP. And neither will concede such concessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 They are just getting on to this now? TPP has been around for a while. It's almost a done deal. Why did they not look into this before so an informed decision to join or not could be made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiken Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 TPP will rob Thailand of the freedom it has now. Will the Thai Government give the Thai people a vote on joining it. Or will they as My New Zealand Government decided. We are not smart enough to make a decision on such and issue or any Social issue. Just dumb enough to select a Social Dictatorship every 3 years. Think hard before you decide Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Price of off-patent medicines will sky rocket….and there will be no biological generics permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 What exactly is "Thai Wisdom"? Better ask my wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) TPP will rob Thailand of the freedom it has now. Will the Thai Government give the Thai people a vote on joining it. Or will they as My New Zealand Government decided. We are not smart enough to make a decision on such and issue or any Social issue. Just dumb enough to select a Social Dictatorship every 3 years. Think hard before you decide Thailand. The NZ government is becoming more like 3rd world in the way they operate with impunity, corruption, nepotism, creating huge deficits, while ensuring those a the top make huge sums of money. They probably learned more from the US though, rather than countries like Thailand. Edited February 29, 2016 by Valentine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervona81732 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 All these countries who sign on to this global corporate abortion will be very very sorry when they realize that they have sold their countries out to the globalist fascists. But it will be too late. the damage will be a done deal and they will be sued by globalist tribunals and they will pay dearly. I mean mega money. If anyone on this site thinks I'm kidding then you do not know a thing about what you are talking about. These international corporate fascists bankers, leaders, elite scum bags want it all. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiken Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Global One world Government. the one who do not exist "Illuminati" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) What exactly is "Thai Wisdom"? Better ask my wife My wife knows everything but doesnt know this Edited February 29, 2016 by gandalf12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Since when has a trade agreement been beneficial for anyone but the corporations that wrote it. Free trade agreement basically shut the wests manufacturing industries . It will be signed and yet again we will be the losers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d2b2 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The giant Pharma companies will not allow Thailand to buy cheap generic drugs from India and the cost of caring chronic illnesses (HIV, Hepatitis, etc) will skyrocket. It will result in enormous increases to the Thai healthcare budget and fewer patients getting life saving medicines. The TPP will also allow the pharma companies to patent holistic and herbal remedies as well as patent biological meds. It will be hard for the review to paint TPP as good for Thailand, and I would question (but not be terribly surprised by) such a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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