Abstract
The secretive 12 country Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is promoted as an economic integration agreement for the 21st century. Political leaders aim to conclude the deal in November. But whose 21st century does it represent and at what cost? Jane Kelsey explains how the TPPA would prevent us addressing the real challenges of the future, from digital democracy, affordable healthcare and sustainable livelihoods to climate change and financial crises.
Speaker profile
Professor Jane Kelsey is a member of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law, and is one of New Zealand's best-known critical commentators on issues of globalisation, structural adjustment and decolonisation. She hastaught at the University of Auckland since 1979, specialising in socio-legal studies, criminology, policy and international economic regulation. (https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/p...).
Source: YouTube, originally published Aug 17, 2014
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