JTI Agreement With The EU - UK Left Out In The Cold
Today Japan Tobacco International signed up to an anti-smuggling Agreement with 26 of the 27 EU Member States. [1] The UK is the only Member State left out of the Agreement, which leaves it completely isolated from the rest of Europe. This means that the UK will not benefit from measures hammered out between the European Commission and JTI, which ensure that the company is required to control the illicit trade in its products and will pay heavily if its cigarettes continue to be smuggled. [click link for full article]
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