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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 dry on Tuesday November 06 2018, @05:31AM
Things did improve after America dropped out, at Canada's insistence. Unluckily we got the shit that was fixed added to NAFTA2.