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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Reaching behind the border, challenging democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Patricia Ranald
Patricia Ranald*
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University of Sydney, Australia
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Patricia Ranald, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Email: pranald@bigpond.com
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Abstract

In an era where legally binding international trade agreements are increasingly shaping domestic regulation in a wide range of areas, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement between the US, Australia, Japan and nine other Pacific Rim Countries, representing over 40% of world trade, has been described as setting the standards for 21st century trade agreements. This article analyses why the negotiations have dragged on for 5 years, and the resistance to the potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on national democratic decision-making on health, environmental and other public interest regulation.

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F13F23F51F53F55Australian trade policydemocracyISDSTrans-Pacific Partnership AgreementUS trade policy

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 2015 , pp. 241 - 260
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