The federal government is standing firm against Australian and US business demands that it allow controversial dispute settlement clauses into an ambitious new Pacific free trade deal. Australia is one of nine nations seeking to reach final agreement Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Important due to the complete zero coverage in US media... one of the best reasons news trust is a go to place for me.
Hurray for Australia. These corporatist trade agreements are a disaster for labor and the environment as they give away government power to huge international corporations. The US should not be pushing them. The business interests are bribing legislators in our broken government of, by, and for the moneyed.
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