TPP pimps grog and ciggies over medicine

Monday 2 March 2015

A comprehensive review of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement – the US-led trade deal between 12 Pacific rim nations (including Australia) – has found that the agreement would force-up Australian medicine costs, stop some Australians from taking their medicines, and make it harder for the Government to regulate against tobacco and alcohol.

Here’s Fairfax’s Peter Martin:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.