INDONESIA: USAID Indonesia Sponsors Cancer & Smoking Lecture ash July 11, 2012 Related News (Jakarta Post) A US scientist says various kinds of cancer are linked to smoking, therefore cancer risk assessments need to focus on reducing tobacco consumption. Harold Elliot Varmus, the winner of the 1989...
If Tobacco Policy is Protected in TPP, Why is US Proposing a New Exception? ash June 15, 2012 Related News (NZ Week / June 15, 2012) “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would not restrict New Zealand’s right to introdu...
Reynolds American Inc. in 2012: U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Company with “Massive Liability” ash May 25, 2012 Related News (PHAI Blog) Three key issues were taken up at the 2012 Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) Annual Shareholders Meeting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on May 3rd. First, the issue drawing the most public attention...
TPP Might Not Live To See Next Year ash May 8, 2012 Related News (WebProNews.com / May 8, 2012) With all the recent talk about CISPA and ACTA, it seems like we’ve been forgetting about our old friend TTP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership. For those who need a recap, TPP is essen...
President Obama’s Double Standard on TPP ash May 7, 2012 Related News (Wall Street Journal / May 7, 2012) The president wants other countries to embrace free trade, while defending tariffs for domestic textiles. Trade officials from nine dynamic Asia-Pacific economies begin 10 da...
Why is the TPP Such a Big Secret? ash May 4, 2012 Related News (Huffington Post) Next week in Dallas, negotiations for what's likely to be the largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in U.S. history will continue in near total secrecy, despite growing demands for an open proces...
Free Trade Won’t Snuff Plain Smokes ash April 23, 2012 Related News (Dominion Post) New Zealand has not signed any free trade agreement that will stop plans to sell cigarettes in plain packaging, Prime Minister John Key says. That's despite threats by a consortium of America...
Foundations Are Laid for Future Trade ash April 12, 2012 Related News (Jakarta Globe) Last year, Indonesia’s clove cigarettes made headlines internationally. In an unprecedented move, Indonesia challenged superpower trading partner the United States at the World Trade Organizatio...
Big Tobacco Wants TPP Trade Deal To Block NZ’s Smoking Laws ash December 5, 2011 Related News (Dec. 5, 2011) The Green Party is calling on the Government to reject attempts to introduce investor-state disputes mechanisms into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations in light of evidence th...