Suspendan todas las negociaciones de tratados comerciales y de inversiones durante la crisis del COVID-19 y enfóquense en el acceso a suministros médicos y en salvar vidas

A statement addressed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by Friends of the Earth International and a wide coalition of global organizations, calling for the immediate suspension of all trade and investment treaty negotiations during the COVID-19 pandemic to prioritize the procurement of medical supplies and the saving of lives.

• The signatories urge the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other bodies to suspend all bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade and investment negotiations to allow governments to focus resources on the COVID-19 public health emergency.
• There is a critical need to remove intellectual property barriers within existing agreements to ensure that life-saving medical supplies, including vaccines, diagnostics, and medicines, are affordable and accessible.
• The document highlights that developing and least-developed countries face significant barriers to participating in current virtual trade negotiations due to the digital divide and the urgent need to allocate all government resources to the pandemic.
• The signatories call for an immediate end to the use of unilateral sanctions that prevent countries from obtaining essential medical supplies.
• The statement argues that the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a fundamental rethink of trade rules, specifically those that encourage monopolies and restrict access to medical supplies.
• The document notes that the global economic impact of the pandemic is expected to be more severe than the 2008 global financial crisis.

APA

admin (2020). Suspendan todas las negociaciones de tratados comerciales y de inversiones durante la crisis del COVID-19 y enfóquense en el acceso a suministros médicos y en salvar vidas. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/suspendan-todas-las-negociaciones-de-tratados-comerciales-y-de-inversiones-durante-la-crisis-del-covid-19-y-enfoquense-en-el-acceso-a-suministros-medicos-y-en-salvar-vidas/

Chicago

admin. Suspendan todas las negociaciones de tratados comerciales y de inversiones durante la crisis del COVID-19 y enfóquense en el acceso a suministros médicos y en salvar vidas. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/es/suspendan-todas-las-negociaciones-de-tratados-comerciales-y-de-inversiones-durante-la-crisis-del-covid-19-y-enfoquense-en-el-acceso-a-suministros-medicos-y-en-salvar-vidas/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2020suspendan, author = {admin}, title = {{Suspendan todas las negociaciones de tratados comerciales y de inversiones durante la crisis del COVID-19 y enfóquense en el acceso a suministros médicos y en salvar vidas}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/suspendan-todas-las-negociaciones-de-tratados-comerciales-y-de-inversiones-durante-la-crisis-del-covid-19-y-enfoquense-en-el-acceso-a-suministros-medicos-y-en-salvar-vidas/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }