ASH 2015 Trade Report Card
November 9, 2015
Last week, after many years of painful negotiation, the final text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was released. This is the text that the U.S. Congress and Parliaments fro...
Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
Email: arendtm@ash.org
Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP, Major Victory for Public Health
Removes New Weapon for Tobacco Industry
WASHINGTON, DC – ...
Push grows to target tobacco, health in Pacific trade rules
No final consensus has been reached on whether any exclusion would target only tobacco companies or shield a wider range of government regulations from legal action, but Australia's Andrew Robb is optimistic ab...
Tobacco farmers are a pawn in the TPP game
But tobacco farmers are not part of the game
Mitch McConnell and other pro-tobacco politicians have become very vocal over the past two weeks in their opposition to a potential partial tobacco exemption in th...
U.S. floats cutting tobacco from part of Pacific trade pact -sources
By Krista Hughes
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States has floated excluding tobacco products from a key section of a 12-nation Pacific trade deal and signaled it may present a formal proposal to t...
US Reps. Waxman, Doggett, Capps and Over 50 Members Urge Administration to Strengthen Tobacco Proposal in TPP
33rd Congressional District of California
Rep. Henry A. Waxman
For Immediate Release: October 30, 2013
Karen Lightfoot (Waxman): (202) 225-5735
Doug Molof (Doggett): (202) 225-4865
Chris Meagher (Cap...
Obama No-Show a (Minor) Blow for Asia Trade Talks
President Barack Obama‘s absence from a meeting of leaders from Asia Pacific dealt a symbolic blow to efforts to forge a regional trade pact.
But Mr. Obama’s no-show, due to the drama of debt-ceiling talk...
Malaysia Poised To Table Complete Carveout From TPP For Tobacco Measures
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei – The Malaysian government is poised to table a proposal here that would completely carve out tobacco control measures from having to comply with any obligations in a Trans-Pacific P...
Cabinet to carve out tobacco from TPP
The Malaysian government is expected to carve out tobacco from the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in a soon to be convened special Cabinet meeting, according to an official from the Mal...
Trade Update
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
In May, the 17th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was held in Lima, Peru. ASH representative Eduardo Bianco travelled to Lima to meet with...
No free trade for cigarettes
Health advocates in Southeast Asia hope the 16th round of the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would acknowledge tobacco products are harmful and cause disease and death. There ar...
Free Trade Agreement Ignores Global Tobacco Epidemic
Talks on a tobacco exception in a free trade agreement between the United States and ten other countries in the Asia-Pacific region – the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - became the subject of many unanswered ...
Are We Being Duped by Our Government on Trade Negotiations?
The 15th negotiating round of the ongoing TransPacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement will end tomorrow in Auckland, New Zealand. This marks the fourth round that U.S. negotiators have failed to “table”...
Medical Students from Across the Globe Unite to Demand Special Treatment of Tobacco in Trade Agreements
A letter from TPP Medical Student Association Presidents including the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) went out to TPP negotiators asking for access to the negotiating text as...
What is ISDS and What Does it Mean for Tobacco Control
ISDS stands for Investor State Dispute Settlement. I know, spelling it out doesn’t help comprehension much. It is a term of art for trade law policy wonks. Unlike most unnecessarily long bits of lingo, this one...
States Urge USTR To Seek Tobacco Carve Out from TPP
Two state governments have called on the USTR to carve tobacco out of the TransPacific Partnership Agreement over well-grounded concerns that their own state and local tobacco control initiatives will be threat...
