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No Ordinary Deal
Unmasking Free Trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Due October 2010)
Jane Kelsey (ed)

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RRP $39.99
Synopsis
At a time when the global financial crisis has exposed deep flaws in the global free market, New Zealand is currently negotiating a free-trade agreement to surpass all others. Jane Kelsey heads up a team of expert commentators, with ananalysis that exposes the myths of yet another neo-liberal adventure.


Contents                                                       

Introduction, Jane Kelsey

One. The Political Implications for New Zealand of a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Bryan Gould

Two. The Politics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Australia, Patricia Ranald

Three. US Politics, Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker

Four. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Indigenous People: Lessons from Latin America, José Aylwin

Five. Security Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Paul G. Buchanan

Six. Lesson from the Australian–US Free Trade Agreement, John Quiggin

Seven. Agriculture and Fonterra, Warwick Murray and Ed Challies

Eight. Quarantine and Food Safety, David Adamson

Nine. Border Carbon Adjustments and Climate-change Policy in a Free-trade Agreement with the United States, Geoff Bertram

Ten. Potential Influence of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Domestic Public Health and Medicine Policies, Thomas Faunce and Ruth Townsend

Eleven. Intellectual Property and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Susy Frankel

Twelve. Culture and Information, Jock Given

Thirteen. Government Procurement and Labour Issues, Ted Murphy

Fourteen. Management of International Capital and Investment: Making the Hard Harder, Bill Rosenberg

Fifteen. Trade in Services, Jane Kelsey

Sixteen. Trans-Pacific Partnership and Financial Services, Nan Seuffert and Jane Kelsey


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