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There's no point to Australia's push to ratify the TPP

  • Written by Elizabeth Thurbon, Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Australia

With all the debates on whether China will join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement now that President Trump has officially rejected it, or if the TPP can exist as a 12 nations minus one agreement, you’d be forgiven for thinking it still could go ahead. It can’t.

The agreement itself states that to come into effect, six of...

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