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TPP Deal Includes Tobacco Carveout, Teeing Up Fight With Congress

October 5, 2015 at 5:59 PM
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries have agreed on language that will allow members to exclude tobacco control measures from the scope of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) challenges, a development that could set the stage for a contentious fight with members of Congress. A fact sheet released Monday (Oct. 5) by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said that under TPP's exceptions, a party “may elect to deny the benefits of Investor-State dispute settlement with respect to a claim challenging a...

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