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on Monday November 05 2018, @06:49AM
from the All-Your-Copyrights-are-Belong-to-US-dept dept.
from the All-Your-Copyrights-are-Belong-to-US-dept dept.
The Australian Government ratified the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) on October 31st 2018. Protesters of the TPP have been described as being "misinformed" by authorities keen to sign the agreement. Previous analysis of the TPP showed detrimental clauses for Australia. The TPP was first signed in New Zealand in 2016 amongst significant protests. While there were some opiniions that Australia could be a winner in the agreement, the consensus amongst experts that the pharmaceuticals and investor-state arbitration sections make the TPP not worth signing — the total cost from these clauses will outweigh any other benefits. A full costing of the TPP for Australia is still not available.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 05 2018, @12:04PM (2 children)
There's more to the story than that. I've seen nothing in general or specific media about analyses of the text. That's an important indicator because trade agreements of this scale always use banal, legalistic language and the implications are never spelled out. You need the context and familiarity with the legalistic terms used to really understand the agreement.
When Obama was trying to railroad America into signing the TPP the only reports on it were that even members of Congress couldn't read the text unless by appointment at a secure facility and they weren't allowed to take notes. *Danger, Will Robinson!" is what that says.
The absence of media coverage of the agreement is a similar warning sign. You don't vote on something of this magnitude without full and extensive public discussion.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @06:19PM (1 child)
That's right. The TPP is about stealing rights from people by circumnavigating their constitutions. The Australian government just shows what scum they are again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @01:21AM
The Australian government just shows what scum they are again.
A mere reflection of the people that vote for them. Don't blame the politician that finds lying,stealing, and cheating to be a rewarding career. You people need to look in an entirely different direction to discover why that happens.