WTO Panel Puts Health Ahead of Tobacco Industry Profits Arendtm June 28, 2018 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases Landmark case gives governments more discretion in health policies Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310 Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking & Health WASHINGTON, DC – ...
Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP ash October 5, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Trade 1 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 – ...
Senator Warren calls Philip Morris on Abusive Trade Lawsuit. Arendtm February 27, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News By Senator Elizabeth Warren The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other cou...
McConnell seeks to protect tobacco industry in trade deal ash October 20, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pressing the Obama administration to protect his state’s tobacco industry in a trade deal. McConnell is pressuring U.S. negotiators to ensure that tobacco companies...
USTR Informally Floats ISDS Tobacco Carveout With Some TPP Countries Arendtm October 7, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News U.S. trade officials have reached out to some other Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to informally float the idea of excluding tobacco-related challenges from being brought under the deal's investor-st...
President Obama’s smoking problem in Malaysia Arendtm April 28, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Malaysia’s government is battling against a smoking epidemic that threatens its young people — and it fears Barack Obama’s big Pacific trade deal will make the health crisis even worse. Read the full Politi...
