02303nam 22004333u 450 991078769730332120230803031058.01-927131-90-1(CKB)2670000000405665(EBL)1222524(OCoLC)854973935(MiAaPQ)EBC1222524(EXLCZ)99267000000040566520151012d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Hidden Agendas[electronic resource] What We Need to Know about the TPPABridget Williams Books20131 online resource (140 p.)BWB Texts ;v.5Description based upon print version of record.""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"" '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, socBWB TextsBusinessEconomicsGeopoliticsBusiness.Economics.Geopolitics.305.42Kelsey Jane1466425AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787697303321Hidden Agendas3676899UNINA