A template for bilateral agreements between the United States and partner governments sheds light on the ideas floating around the Trump administration on how it will engage with countries around global health.
This includes locking countries into decades-long pathogen sharing agreements — which would circumvent global agreements.
“In our view, these bilateral agreements will undermine the multilateral system. They will bypass the [World Health Organization], and the foundations of solidarity and equity we have been trying to build here,” Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, wrote in a release.