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No Ordinary Deal by Jane Kelsey

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is no ordinary free trade deal. Billed as an agreement fit for the twenty-first century, no one is sure what that means. For its champions, the TPP is a magic bullet - opening closed doors for Fonterra into the US dairy market. But this free trade agreement is not primarily about imports and exports. Its obligations will intrude into core areas of government policy and parliamentary responsibilities. If the US lobby has its way, the rules will restrict how drug-buying agencies Pharmac (in New Zealand) and the Pharmaceutical Benefi ts Scheme (in Australia) can operate, and the kind of food standards and intellectual property laws we can have. The TPP would govern how we regulate the finance industry or other services, along with our capacity to create jobs at home. And the agreement would lock our countries even deeper into a neoliberal model of global free markets - when even political leaders admit that this has failed.

Author(s): Jane Kelsey ISBN: 9781877242502 Published: January 2010 Weight: 615g Dimensions: 170mm x 240mm x 17mm Pages: 288 Condition: BRAND NEW

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