Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

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.