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In responses to questions from the Guardian, the thinktanks said they are fiercely independent, unswayed by any donations, and they argue pro-business, low regulation and taxation positions as part of a broader free market philosophy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership being negotiated by Australia, the U.S., Japan, Chile and eight other nations will be a test of sovereign states freedom to regulate tobacco, said Gary Fooks, a University of Bath research fellow who has written about the industrys efforts to influence the pact