TPP can help lift incomes in New Zealand but to make a difference for people, there’s a lot more work still to do.
Economy
Underlying Trade Deals
This was an introduction to a presentation by Stephen Jacobi: "TPP – Where to from Here (And How Did We Get Here Anyway)?" To a NZIIA lecture, 2 September 2015. (Some editing)
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