health
| 21-Nov-2011
The Federal Government’s plain packaging laws for cigarettes have now passed both houses of Parliament but are facing their first legal challenge.
| 28-Jun-2011
Tobacco giant Philip Morris suing the Australian government for introducing plain packaging laws for tobacco should send shockwaves through this country as it seeks a free trade deal involving the US, says an academic critic of the deal.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
corporate interests ,
CPTPP ,
health ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
New Zealand ,
US
| 27-Jun-2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she won’t be intimidated by big tobacco after Philip Morris launched legal action to try to force the government to back down on introducing plain packaging for cigarettes.
keywords:
Australia ,
corporate interests ,
health ,
Hong Kong ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Public Citizen | 2-Mar-2011
The award in agribusiness giant Cargill’s NAFTA investor-state attack on Mexico’s jobs program was published last week.
keywords:
agriculture | farmers | food ,
health ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
IPE | 2-Oct-2009
An agreement has been signed between the Polish Ministry for State Treasury and Eureko to pay the insurer an interim dividend in November 2009 worth €1.85bn.
