The TBT Agreement and Tobacco Control Regulations

19 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2012

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Lukasz Gruszczynski

Kozminski University - School of Law; Hungarian Academy of Sciences CSS Institute for Legal Studies

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Date Written: July 9, 2012

Abstract

The panel and the Appellate Body have recently examined one of the national tobacco control measures (US – Measures Affecting the Productions and Sale of Clove Cigarettes). The dispute, which emerged between the United States and Indonesia, concerned the US ban on the use of certain flavouring additives in cigarettes. The reports are particularly important because they clarify the limits existing under the TBT Agreement in this policy space. This paper critically analyses findings of the WTO dispute settlement bodies and assesses their broader implications for national tobacco control regulations. In particular, it examines the extent to which the rules of the TBT Agreement, as interpreted in the Clove dispute, constrain national governments and to what extent they affect various national initiatives that are currently discussed in the TBT Committee (e.g. Brazilian measure on the use of additives in cigarettes).

Keywords: WTO, Clove Cigarettes, tobacco control measure, tobacco and international trade, plain-packaging

JEL Classification: F02, F10, F20, F30, F40

Suggested Citation

Gruszczynski, Lukasz, The TBT Agreement and Tobacco Control Regulations (July 9, 2012). Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), 3rd Biennial Global Conference, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2102719 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2102719

Lukasz Gruszczynski (Contact Author)

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences CSS Institute for Legal Studies ( email )

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Hungary

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