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Full TPP "confirms 'worst nightmares' of environmental groups"
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Under the deal 98 per cent of all
tariffs will be eliminated across everything from beef, dairy, wine,
sugar, rice, horticulture and seafood through to manufactured goods,
resources and energy. Photo: Kitty Hill
Climate change missing from full Trans-Pacific Partnership text
Last month, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called the deal "a gigantic foundation stone"
for the economy which will deliver jobs and growth while avoiding
aspects that would have seen increased costs to the taxpayer for
medicines.
But this is the first time Australians have had a chance to see what
the federal government has been negotiating on their behalf for over
five years.
Matthew Rimmer, Professor of Intellectual Property and
Innovation Law at the Queensland University of Technology, told Fairfax
Media it looks like US trade officials have been "green-washing" the
agreement.
