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An Anonymous Coward writes:

In a deeply depraved move the Australian Government ratified the TPP on August 31st 2018 [trademinister.gov.au]. Protesters of the TPP have been described as being "misinformed" by authorities keen to sign the agreement. Previous analysis of the TPP showed detrimental [citizen.org] clauses for Australia. The TPP was first signed in New Zealand in 2016 [aljazeera.com] amongst significant protests. While there were some options that Australia could be a winner [news.com.au] in the agreement, the consensus amongst experts that the pharmaceuticals [wikipedia.org] and investor-state arbitration [wikipedia.org] make the TPP not worth signing as 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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