The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that could have much wider implications than dairy tariffs for the countries signing it, such as New Zealand and the U.S. It could even make the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) subservient to the interests of certain multi-national corporations under the Mixed Ownership Model (MOM).

Bill Rosenberg, NZ Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economist, explains the potential impacts of this agreement.

Uploaded on the 1st of March 2012

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