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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Jane Kelsey: TPPA end game can only come from dirty compromises - Business - NZ Herald News

Jane Kelsey: TPPA end game can only come from dirty compromises - Business - NZ Herald News
Tim Groser says the TPPA is worth $5 billion to NZ. Photo / Ben Fraser
"The ministers know they have to give the US what it needs to steer a deal through Congress and convince it to provide Fast Track. They are expected to start with the old-fashioned trade issues: access to markets for goods, textiles and agriculture. However minuscule the deals, and whatever their scope, phase-in periods and conditions, they will be massaged for the headlines."