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Plain Tobacco Packaging Cases: Australian High Court
Those following the disputes surrounding plain packaging of tobacco products in Australia will be aware that the first phase is playing out in the Australian High Court. The court has heard argument...
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US – Tuna: International Standards and Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products
In US – Tuna, the Appellate Body was asked to consider the question of under what circumstances an instrument elaborated by a treaty body could be a relevant international standard under the TBT...
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Leaked Trans Pacific Partnership Investment Chapter
The Eyes on Trade blog over at Public Citizen has linked to a leaked text on investment protection being negotiated as part of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. The leaked text has plenty of...
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Plain Tobacco Packaging Law upheld in Australia: Next Stop the WTO?
Overnight, the High Court of Australia rejected challenges by a number of tobacco companies to Australian legislation requiring the plain packaging of tobacco products. In essence, the Court rejected...
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Exposure Draft of Australian Legislation to Implement the TRIPS Protocol
Last week the Australian government released an exposure draft of new legislation to implement the TRIPS protocol. The legislation will permit the export of generic medicines under a compulsory license...
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Tobacco in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
A heavy travel schedule has limited my blogging of late, so I have some catching up to do in terms of recent stories. A story from last week on Inside Trade noted that USTR will hold off from proposing...
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New Zealand moving forward with Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products
Overnight, the New Zealand government has announced that it intends to follow Australia’s lead and implement plain packaging of tobacco products. The twist is that new Zealand will await the outcome of...
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Surprising article on Indonesia’s plain tobacco packaging claim
The Jakarta Globe ran an article a few days ago by Simon Lacy explaining his advice to Indonesia that it should challenge plain tobacco packaging at the WTO. The article provides an all too rare...
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More on Indonesia’s Plain Packaging Claim
Over at the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer blog Jonathan Liberman has a post here on the idea of Indonesia bringing a WTO complaint to boost the country’s legal skills. Jonathan taps into one of the...
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Plain Packaging, Tobacco Trademarks and Geographical Indications in the TPP
The leaked negotiating text of the IP chapter of the TPP reveals two issues of interest to those concerned about the impact of the TPP on tobacco packaging and labeling measures. First, the text...
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