Deborah Gleeson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, and an Associate of La Trobe University’s Centre for Health Law and Society. She holds an honorary position with the Public Health Association of Australia. Ronald Labonté is Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity and Professor in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. He is active in the People’s Health Movement.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Trade and Health: From Ancient Pandemics to the World Trade Organization and Beyond.- 3. Health Services and Access to Medicines and Other Health Technologies.- 4. Commodities Harmful to Health.- 5. Trade, Labour Markets, and the Environment.- 6. The Politics of Trade Policy and the Trade Negotiating Process.- 7. Methods and Approaches to Measuring the Impact of Trade Agreements on Public Health.- 8. Conclusion: Strengthening Trade and Health Policy Coherence.