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dc.contributor.authorBUZARD, Kristy
dc.contributor.authorVOON, Tania
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T12:34:06Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T12:34:06Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/64445
dc.description.abstractThe lengthy and long-awaited WTO Panel Reports in Australia – Tobacco Plain Packaging contain a host of material for reflection, particularly in relation to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. While two of the Panel Reports proceed to appeal, we consider with respect to the two adopted Panel Reports the Panel’s reasoning in relation to Article 2.2 of the TBT, focusing on the meaning of trade-restrictiveness. This concept central to WTO law has been under-examined to date, and these Panel Reports demonstrate some of the complexities in identifying trade-restrictive measures, particularly where they are non-discriminatory. The Panel found that Australia’s measures restrict trade because they contribute to their objective of reducing tobacco consumption. Therefore, any equally effective alternative will similarly restrict trade. This curious result under TBT Article 2.2 may be particular to non-discriminatory measures that target ‘socially bad’ products such as tobacco.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2019/72en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-363en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Global Economics]en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectAustraliaen
dc.subjectInternational tradeen
dc.subjectLabellingen
dc.subjectTobaccoen
dc.subjectTrade barriersen
dc.subjectWorld Trade Organizationen
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperationen
dc.subject.otherRegulation and economic policyen
dc.titleHow trade-restrictive is standardised packaging? : economic and legal implications of the WTO panel reports in Australia : tobacco plain packagingen
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