'Trade policy, not morals or health policy': The US Trade Representative, tobacco companies and market liberalization in Thailand

Global Social Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-172

  MacKenzie, Ross ^a   Collin, Jeff ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral trade agreements; FCTC; globalization; Thailand; tobacco industry; trade liberalization; USCEA; USTR

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; MORALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TOBACCO; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84865185576     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: 17412803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018112443686     Document Type: Article

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