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This paper examines the recent WTO Panel Report in US- Clove Cigarettes within the context of the other two ongoing WTO disputes concerning US measures under the WTO's Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Appeals in two of the cases are underway and the third is anticipated, providing the...
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In this article Lukasz Gruszczynski argues that there are good grounds for considering the Guidelines to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (‘FCTC’) relevant international standards under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (‘TBT Agreement’). The structure of the...
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The regulation of e-vapor products (EVPs) is a relatively new topic. While the EVPs sector is fast evolving, the optimal regulation of these products is yet to be fully understood. Some wisdom may be borrowed from the regulation of cigarettes, but many tobacco relevant policies may not be...
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With the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995, the dispute settlement mechanism for international trade was greatly prepared unlike the old GATT system. It has a very different pattern from that of original GATT system. In our case, international trade is a matter of the future...
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The Australian federal government recently released an exposure draft of legislation to introduce a scheme for the mandatory ‘plain packaging’ of cigarettes and other tobacco products from 2012. The scheme will prohibit the use of brand logos, graphics and colors on tobacco products and...
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Tobacco companies have expressed concern that Australia's plain cigarette packaging initiative breaches international … trade obligations. This article begins by providing a background to cigarette packaging. It then examines developments … worldwide and in Australia that have led to this initiative, and finally examines the claim of cigarette companies that the move …
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This short note summarises the key features and implications of the decision of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization concerning Indonesia's complaint against the United States in connection with certain regulations regarding the use of additives and flavours in cigarettes
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The election of Donald J. Trump to the US Presidency coincided with the US adoption of an “America First” policy in trade. This policy reflects an underlying theory of economic nationalism that is fundamentally at odds with the current approach of the multilateral trading system established...
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