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Update on Tobacco in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Following my post on Friday here concerning the US proposal for a specific exception to govern tobacco in the TPP, there is some confusion about exactly what the proposal would cover. Over at...
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The International Minimum Standard in the TPP Investment Chapter
Earlier in the week I blogged here about the leaked negotiating text of the investment chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. One of the points I noted was that Article 12.6 ties...
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Indirect Expropriation in the TPP Investment Chapter
Last week I blogged here about the leaked negotiating text of the investment chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. I noted that there are two separate proposals for annexes...
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New Tobacco Proposal in TPPA Negotiations
As Inside US Trade reported here yesterday the US is planning to table tobacco specific language in the upcoming round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Brunei. USTR and HHS held an...
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Ongoing Discussion on the TPP and Tobacco
Having taken a vacation, I returned earlier this week to find that the TPP and tobacco debate is heating up rather than cooling down. Thankfully, Simon Lester has pulled the issues together here at the...
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Narrowing of the Doha Declaration in the Draft TPP IP Chapter
The leaked negotiating text of of the TPP intellectual property chapter takes what should be a controversial approach to the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Among other...
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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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Access to Medicines and the Draft TPP IP Chapter
In my initial post here on the negotiating text of the TPP intellectual property chapter, I included links to analysis by Public Citizen and Knowledge Ecology International. Regular readers know that I...
View ArticleProposal to Carve Tobacco out of the TPP Investment Chapter
Over at the International Economic Law and Policy Blog, Simon Lester has a post about the recent Inside US Trade story that the USTR might propose to carve tobacco out of the investment chapter of the...
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