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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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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 05 2018, @10:38PM (1 child)
Oh look! Someone who was born November 2015 and knows nothing previous to that month!
It took wikileaks to start exposing it and the US government tried to keep it covered up even after that: just a few months earlier:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/opinion/dont-keep-trade-talks-secret.html [nytimes.com]
Lazy has an excuse: your stupidity is just stupid.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @12:40AM
Without the US in there it is pretty much DOA. Trump saw it for what it was. A shit deal to steal money.