Navigating the Trade- Health nexus through Global Health Diplomacy

As researchers in global health diplomacy and public health policy, we were delighted to see the importance of global health diplomacy (GHD) emphasizing the importance of the inter-disciplinary concept involved in multisectoral and multi-level negotiations for global cooperation; and the call for collective action to address aspects of unhealthy diets and lifestyles that are detrimental to global health by Ariansen et al1 in Lancet on May 30, 2020. The paper has highlighted "The Lancet’s year for Nutrition- 2019" which included the EAT-Lancet Commission and the Global Syndemic Commission2 emphasizing a revamp of global trade systems to ensure healthy and sustainable diets. Following the criticism of the trade agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which facilitates unhealthy lifestyles and unhealthy diets by the Lancet Trade and health series, there was a welcome positive step on 21 November 2011.