Senate debates Bills

Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; In Committee


Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment

12:41 pm

As I've already referenced, there are public health exclusions, in the Peru and Indonesia agreements, that capture and provide protections in relation to legislation and regulation of the tobacco industries. Each of these, as with any bilateral agreement between nations, is a negotiation, but the government is completely sure that in Indonesia and Peru the public health exemptions provide a clear mandate to legislate and regulate the tobacco sector. In relation to Hong Kong, we have, essentially, a duplication of provisions that allow us to do so.

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