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What doctors should know about the Trans‐Pacific Partnership Agreement
Author(s) -
Thow Anne Marie T,
Gleeson Deborah H,
Friel Sharon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.01714
Subject(s) - agreement , general partnership , psychology , political science , medicine , law , philosophy , linguistics
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), currently under negotiation, represents a new breed of trade agreement.1 It will include the traditional focus areas, like removing import taxes and enabling foreign companies to provide services in Australia; and it is believed it will provide new protections for investors and intellectual property. The TPPA is aimed at changing policy making within countries and harmonising domestic policy requirements affecting trade and investment across the countries involved.2