tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post1756287670559862717..comments2024-03-28T15:05:33.781+13:00Comments on Economics New Zealand: The uphill struggle for free tradeDonal Curtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03687495556590450225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post-27022916442868575392013-07-12T09:45:06.493+12:002013-07-12T09:45:06.493+12:00Thanks Eric. I don't know the details of TPP -...Thanks Eric. I don't know the details of TPP - and that seems to be one of the main beefs about it, that only a select few insiders have been shown the guts - but as a general point I too don't like the way special interests have tended to use free trade negotiations as a Trojan horse for their interests. A 'clean' agreement (and preferably one where 'everything's in unless specifically excluded' rather than 'only the things included are freed up') trumps everything elseDonal Curtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687495556590450225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342528022617501525.post-52150282306065489212013-07-11T21:32:30.341+12:002013-07-11T21:32:30.341+12:00I love free trade. I'm worried about TPP becau...I love free trade. I'm worried about TPP because I put reasonable odds on that we'd grant a bunch of American requests on copyright to get the deal, then find our dairy imports blocked anyway.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.com