Tagged TTIP

September 3, 2015

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By Chris Bostic, for Health and Trade Network As the role of tobacco companies in trade agreements on both sides of the Atlantic has been highlighted by a series of controversial events in recent weeks, this...

Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH

June 24, 2015

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Calls on President Obama to...

Tobacco Demonstrates Troubles for Trade Agreements

June 16, 2015

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In 2012, Australia implemented tough anti-tobacco regulations, requiring that all cigarettes be sold in plain, logo-free brown packages dominated by health warnings. Philip Morris Asia filed suit, claiming that...

President Obama on Tobacco & Trade

January 23, 2015

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Remarks by the President at Meeting of the Export Council December 11, 2014 The big bugaboo that’s lifted up there is tobacco companies suing poorer countries to make sure that anti-smoking legislation is b...

Stubbing Out the Tobacco Industry’s Abuse of Trade Agreements

October 6, 2014

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The tobacco industry has a long history of flexing its muscles, namely in the area of investor protection schemes, against governments in the name of protecting its own market. TTIP is an opportunity to set a g...

Obama No-Show a (Minor) Blow for Asia Trade Talks

October 4, 2013

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...

The Tobacco Problem in U.S. Trade

September 6, 2013

Should tobacco be like any other product in U.S. trade? The question bedeviled U.S. policymakers for decades, but it has now arisen again, with much controversy, in the context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...

US’s controversial TPP proposal is smoking gun for corporate agenda

September 3, 2013

Vietnam and other countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations face aggressive interference from Big Tobacco in the passage and implementation of public health policies, critics warn. The...

Malaysia lauded for seeking to exclude tobacco in trade pact

August 26, 2013

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Washington, DC 26 August - Tobacco control advocates from over 20 different countries lauded Malaysia for its announcement to exclude tobacco from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a fre...

Malaysia Poised To Table Complete Carveout From TPP For Tobacco Measures

August 25, 2013

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...

Obama Goes to Bat for Big Tobacco in TPP

August 19, 2013

Malaysia not bound by fixed timeline on TPPA

August 15, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia will not be bound by any fixed timeline with regards to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). At a special meeting convened today, the Cabinet made this stand as a ...

Cabinet to carve out tobacco from TPP

August 15, 2013

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...

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