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Cross-party Avengers tackle the mysterious Trans-Pacific Partnership #TPP and future of the Pacific Rim
Crikey News (2015)
  • Matthew Rimmer, Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Abstract
A group of three cross-party MPs has been taking the slated Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement to task, writes Matthew Rimmer, Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law.
The debate over the mega-trade deal the Trans-Pacific Partnership has reached a fever pitch in the United States and Australia.
In Australia, the Coalition has heavily promoted the TPP, arguing that it would be a boost for jobs and economic growth. But serious concerns have been raised about the process and the substance surrounding the deal.
On the May 25, 2015, a cross-party working group on the TPP was established in Parliament. The founders include Labor MP for Fremantle Melissa Parke, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson of the Greens, and independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon. The group has been dubbed “the Avengers” — after the Marvel superheroes. The group has raised a number of issues about the process and the substance of negotiating the TPP and other international trade agreements.
Keywords
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership,
  • Intellectual Property,
  • Investor-State Dispute Settlement,
  • Treaty-making
Publication Date
June 11, 2015
Citation Information
Matthew Rimmer. "Cross-party Avengers tackle the mysterious Trans-Pacific Partnership #TPP and future of the Pacific Rim" Crikey News (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/241/