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"As a typically brilliant John Oliver segment explained back in 2015,
Big Tobacco companies have used corporate sovereignty clauses in
international trade and investment deals to sue countries for daring to
try to regulate cigarettes, advertising or packaging. Thankfully, that
didn't turn out so well. Philip Morris tried to use ISDS to roll back
plain-pack laws, but cases against Australia and Uruguay were both
thrown out. The tide against the use of corporate sovereignty by tobacco
companies to undo health protection laws has turned so much that special
carve-outs have been added to trade deals to prevent this kind of
corporate bullying."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "a great victory; kudos to all those who
fought for it"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
