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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.

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

Global.

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

Participants consistently identified the relevance of several principles, common to many TIA: non-discrimination, necessity and justification, market access requirements and quantitative restrictions, intellectual property rights and trademark protections and fair and equitable treatment of investors. Two main policy design factors that interact heavily with TIA-related policy space were the …