Back to the Future of Global Health Security (Thomas J. Bollyky, CFR)

Growing populations, rising global temperatures, urbanization, and easier trade and travel are all changing the world in ways conducive to the spread of infectious disease. The recent Ebola and Zika outbreaks have dominated news headlines and their toll has been terrible, but a more lethal infectious disease could do far worse harm

http://www.cfr.org/public-health-threats-and-pandemics/back-future-global-health-security/p37914

TPP Tobacco Exception Proves the New Rule in Trade (Thomas J. Bollyky, CFR)

This week, the United States and eleven other countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional trade deal that is the centerpiece of U.S. international economic policy and President Obama’s pivot toward Asia. Now the deal goes to Congress for approval, where opposition is rising. One hot topic in the congressional debate isn’t about what the TPP includes, but what it excludes. The TPP is the first U.S. trade deal to exempt antismoking measures from the lawsuits that investors may bring under the agreement.

http://www.cfr.org/trade/tpp-tobacco-exception-proves-new-rule-trade/p37509

A Role for the World Trade Organization on Regulatory Coherence (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/global-governance/role-world-trade-organization-regulatory-coherence/p36967