1. Alcoholic beverages in trade agreements: Industry lobbying and the public health interest.
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Room, Robin, Gleeson, Deborah, and Miller, Mia
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COMMERCIAL treaties ,ALCOHOLIC beverages ,PUBLIC interest ,PUBLIC health ,ALCOHOLISM - Abstract
Alcohol is the only substance commonly used for intoxication that is not subject to an international agreement regulating its trade in the interest of public health and welfare [1]. In the 1990s, the focus of discussions of global governance of international trade would have been primarily on multilateral agreements on trade in commodities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) umbrella. These three papers are a timely contribution concerning issues in the global governance of alcohol, applying in the specific area of alcohol problems considerations that also arise more generally concerning how trade agreements may deter governments from pursuing public health and welfare interests [24]. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2021
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