Marginalising Health Information: Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for Alcohol Labelling

Abstract

In 2010, the World Health Organization published the Global Alcohol Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol, with one of its recommendations being the ‘labelling [of] alcoholic beverages to indicate… the harm related to alcohol’. These harm are varied, extensive and commonly occurring, including acute and chronic health problems for the drinker and others (Babor et al, 2010). There are challenges to the implementation of WHO-recommended interventions in domestic policy. One basis for challenge may be the member states’ legal obligations, including those arising under international and regional trade law.