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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464097403321

Autore

Kelsey Jane

Titolo

Hidden Agendas [[electronic resource] ] : What We Need to Know about the TPPA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bridget Williams Books, 2013

ISBN

1-927131-90-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

BWB Texts ; ; v.5

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Business

Economics

Geopolitics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introducing BWB Texts""; ""Introduction""; ""The Elephant in the Room: The Geopolitics of the TPPA""; ""A Threat to New Zealand's Autonomy: Behind the Border Disciplines""; ""Amidst Obsessive Secrecy: Contemporary Examples""; ""No Convincing Economic Rationale: The Economics of the TPPA""; ""A Contemptuous Process: Constitutional Concerns""; ""Useful Websites""; ""Endnotes""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement""; ""Copyright and Publisher Information""

Sommario/riassunto

'Forget the label ""free trade agreement"". The TPPA, under negotiation between New Zealand, the USA and ten other countries, is a direct assault on our right to decide our own future.'  In this hard-hitting BWB Text, Professor Jane Kelsey picks apart the current negotiations surrounding the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and comes to some disturbing conclusions. Such a treaty, she says in this new work, has little credible economic rationale but could have potentially dangerous effects on our ability to decide for ourselves how we address the economic, environmental, soc