煙草在線據(jù)《國際煙草雜志》報(bào)道編譯　　在一封簽署日期為2012年2月16日的信中，亞洲煙草控制聯(lián)盟（SEATCA）敦促美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬將煙草置于制定中的跨太平洋合作協(xié)議（APP）之外。

　　奧巴馬在2011年11月宣稱，他認(rèn)為這個(gè)自由貿(mào)易協(xié)議將會推進(jìn)美國對一個(gè)他說代表著全球貿(mào)易40%以上的地區(qū)的出口。

　　亞洲煙草控制聯(lián)盟希望確保煙草不在增長的出口產(chǎn)品之列。亞洲煙草控制聯(lián)盟在信中說，“擁有自由公平的貿(mào)易還不夠，我們還需要安全的貿(mào)易，可煙草交易就不是安全的貿(mào)易。我們請求您將煙草排除在跨太平洋合作協(xié)議之外。”

　　跨太平洋合作協(xié)議將削減美國、澳大利亞、文萊、智利、馬來西亞、新西蘭、秘魯、新加坡和越南這九個(gè)國家間的貿(mào)易壁壘，以鼓勵(lì)亞太地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)一體化。

　　一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家指出，不斷增長的卷煙消費(fèi)與比較自由的貿(mào)易聯(lián)系在一起，對此前市場可能被更多地給予保護(hù)的中低收入國家造成的影響最大。2000年代表世界銀行發(fā)表的《發(fā)展中國家的煙草控制》一書的作者認(rèn)為，在各國的煙草市場開放之后，美國卷煙的市場份額急劇增長。

　　在信中，跨太平洋合作協(xié)議的理事Bungon Ritthiphakdee指出了同樣的發(fā)展趨勢。她寫道：“在20世紀(jì)80年代，美國政府通過貿(mào)易代表處打開了亞洲市場，導(dǎo)致了亞洲的煙草使用出現(xiàn)增長。我們不希望美國煙草貿(mào)易可能對亞洲產(chǎn)生的影響再次重復(fù)?！?/p>

SEATCA wants tobacco out of TPP

Tobacco Journal
20 Feb 2012

　　In a letter dated 16 February 2012 the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) urged American President Obama to keep tobacco out of the developing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

　　Obama announced in November of 2011 that he thought the free trade agreement would boost American exports to a region that he said represented more than 40 per cent of global trade.

　　SEATCA wants to make sure that tobacco is not among the increasing flow of exports. In its letter SEATCA said it is "not enough to have free and fair trade, we need safe trade too and the tobacco business is not a safe trade. We are appealing to you to carve out tobacco from the TPP."

　　The TPP would reduce trade barriers between 9 countries – the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – to encourage economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.

　　Some economists have pointed out that rising cigarette consumption had been linked to freer trade, with the biggest impact on low - and middle-income countries whose markets may have been more protected previously. Authors of the book Tobacco Control in Developing Countries, which was published in 2000 on behalf of the World Bank, found that after countries' tobacco markets were open, the market share of US cigarettes rose sharply.

　　In the letter, SEATCA Director Bungon Ritthiphakdee pointed out the same trend. "In the 1980s the US government through the Trade Representative Office priced open Asian markets which resulted in tobacco use increasing in Asia," she wrote. "We do not want a repeat performance of the US tobacco business might upon Asia."