By Oliver Kim
Happy World Trade Month! While health policy is often seen as something particularly domestic, trade can have an impact on health policy here at home.
Just a day before President Trump’s speech outlining the administration’s approach to rising drug costs, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) declared May as a time to “celebrate the many American companies exporting products around the world.” However, PhRMA also warned that “Americans should not subsidize the medicine costs in other wealthy countries.”