Bad Idea: TPPA without the USA
Bad Idea: TPPA without the USA - Green Party blog
“News that Prime Minister Bill English is expected to try and resuscitate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) when he meets with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull this weekend makes me question why English is intent on flogging this particular dead horse.”
“Without the USA on board, we face all the costs … but none of the supposed benefits we were supposed to get in return.”
Green Party trade
spokesperson Barry Coates explains why a TPPA without the
USA is a bad idea.
Read more at: https://blog.greens.org.nz/2017/02/16/tppa-without-usa-bad-idea/