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[Australia and Oceania, South America/Caribbean] Cuba Takes Australia To WTO Over Plain-Pack Tobacco Law ($$)

Cuba lodged a formal complaint with World Trade Organization on Friday over Australia's tobacco packaging laws, setting in motion the latest international challenge to labeling requirements that critics say restrict intellectual property rights.
Law360
added May 6, 2013 13:49
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[South America/Caribbean] UPDATE 1-Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

By taking the first step in a dispute, Cuba has triggered a 60-day window for Australia to try to resolve the problem in talks with Cuba. After that Cuba could ask the WTO to appoint a panel of adjudicators to judge its complaint. Australia's law came i
Reuters
added May 6, 2013 13:48
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[Australia and Oceania, South America/Caribbean] Cuba challenges Australia over tobacco packaging

Cuba has become the latest country to launch a legal attack on Australia's landmark plain packaging rules for tobacco at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added May 6, 2013 13:46
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Cuba seeks to legally challenges Australian plain packaging on tobacco products

CUBA has become the latest country to launch a legal attack on Australia's landmark plain packaging rules for tobacco at the World Trade Organisation, the global body says. The WTO said that Cuba had requested consultations with Australia on law requiri
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 6, 2013 13:11
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[Australia, UK] Emerging threats to public health from regional trade agreements

the ability of governments worldwide to introduce and implement public health policies and laws is increasingly threatened by trade and investment treaties that privilege investors over governments and provide avenues for international corporations to cha
The Lancet (uk)
added Apr 29, 2013 13:33
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Thailand commits to comply with WTO ruling on tobacco tax row with Philippines

In 2011, Bangkok lost the tobacco case that Manila lodged before the WTO in behalf of the Philippine unit of cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris. In its ruling, the WTO agreed that Thailand slapped discriminatory taxes on cigarettes imported from the Ph
InterAksyon.com (TV 5) (ph)
added Apr 29, 2013 01:26
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[Philippines, Thailand] Philippine, Thai trade officials meet next month on tobacco tax row

Philippine and Thai trade officials will discuss next month how Bangkok can fully comply with the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on tobacco favoring Manila, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official told InterAksyon.com on Friday.
InterAksyon.com (TV 5) (ph)
added Apr 19, 2013 14:27
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[Africa, Russia, South America/Caribbean] Malawi farmers’ livelihood to go up in smoke as Chile bans public puffing

"We're very concerned with the smoking ban in Chile, in Russia and other countries have also proposed similar bans,” Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer Bruce Munthali told The Nation newspaper. “Tobacco farmers as any othe
MaraviPost.com (mw)
added Apr 6, 2013 05:11
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Philippines, Thailand to discuss tobacco row in Bangkok--DFA

Philippine and Thai trade officials will meet in Bangkok to resolve the remaining issues in their cigarette tax dispute, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
InterAksyon.com (TV 5) (ph)
added Mar 25, 2013 05:40
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[Europe, Malawi] Tanzania: EU Tobacco Curbs Set to Hurt Developing Nations

TOBACCO exporters from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) including Malawi and Tanzania are likely to lose traditional markets after plans by the European Union (EU) to make cigarettes less attractive to new smokers. The measures are expected to impact ne
All-Africa.com
added Mar 19, 2013 01:13
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