In Da Nang Vietnam, Australia and 10 other countries have tried to revive the TPP without the US.
Even though the analysis of the TPP has shown that the so called 'free trade agreement' has only minimal benefits and many drawbacks for developed nations the Australian Prime Minister is still set on having the agreement ratified. The Australian Prime Minister may be trying to push through the TPP before his government collapses due to the citizenship audit which is rapidly culling members of his party which could result in his party losing power in parliament. With the majority of the Australian public being against the TPP and with Malcolm Turnbull facing an election soon the reasons for this move to try to ratify the TPP is unknown.
If this trade agreement is accepted it will be the last in a series of detrimental trade agreements where Australia is on the wrong end of the stick. With Australia still reeling from the impact of the terrible China-Australia Free Trade Agreement the move to try to bring in another bad trade agreement may spell the end of the liberal government's long run in parliament.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:24PM (1 child)
In America politicians like these would be tarred and feathered, but what's the Australian equivalent? What do you guys do to punish scoundrels like these, bury them up to the neck, douse them with eucalyptus oil, and leave them to be nibbled to death by koalas? Or do you lash them to deck chairs, send them aloft with many scores of helium-filled party balloons, to drift out to some remote place in the outback where they alight and begin a romance with many setbacks but an ultimate, heartwarming conclusion?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by jb on Wednesday November 15 2017, @04:41AM
As an Australian, I think that the most fitting penalty for an Australian politician who deliberately acts against Australia's national interest would be to exile him to the USA.