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Risky trade: infectious disease in the era of global trade, by Ann M. Kimball

This book is presented as a pacey narrative which examines cutting-edge issues affecting the identification, management and control of emerging infectious diseases. It begins by vividly describing the attempt by the Chinese delegate to the World Trade Organisation auditorium in Geneva, to prevent the backlash of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 further affecting trade restrictions on Chinese agricultural products. This example brings into stark focus the complex relationships between the development and spread of emerging infections, globalisation and international political and trade agendas. Kimball describes the current levels of international movement and economic globalisation, and challenges the reader to appreciate the impact of global trade on the spread of pathogens which do not respect national boundaries or preferred trading agreements. She confronts the lack of a coherent strategy to address these issues in a global context and questions the piecemeal approaches to preventing and containing them.