Implications of international trade and investment agreements on policy space for restricting marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children: lessons from inter-disciplinary expert interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the implications of international trade and investment agreements (TIA) for national governments' policy space to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children.

Design

In-depth interviews based on a series of policy scenario 'vignettes,' guided by an adapted scenario analysis methodology.

Setting

Global.

Participants

Nine key informants from relevant sectors, with expertise regarding the intersection of public health nutrition policy, international trade law and international investment law.

Results

Participants consistently identified the relevance of several principles, common to many TIA: non-discrimination, necessity and justification, market access requirements and quantitative restrictions, intellectual p

SUBMITTER: Garton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature