A recent report from the European Foundation Centre argued that European social and economic policy should take global health into account. It stressed the “internationalization of health risks and ever greater interdependence. Global health requires cooperation and coordination.” For example, European farm subsidies have an adverse impact on the economies and trade patterns of poor countries and can act as a determinant of health well beyond European borders. The report argues that Europe must make global health a priority and consider global health implications in foreign, social, agricultural, trade, environmental and many other facets of national and European policy.