{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "President Donald Trump's Executive Order on the Trans-Pacific Partnership - Australia", "slug": "president-donald-trumps-executive-order-on-the-trans-pacific-partnership-australia", "text": "
\u201c\u2019We should begin to talk very seriously about what the ANZUS treaty means. [\u2026] We have participated in every single war that America has waged since 1951, in all of those wars, none of our objectives have been achieved. [\u2026] Australia has got to wake up to the fact that we are part of the Asia Pacific as never before. Our future, our security and our prosperity is here.\u2019\u201d \u2013 Dr. Allan Patience, Principal Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
- \u201cTime for progressive fair trade policies.\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>Patricia Ranald. Canberra Times.<\/em>January 25, 2017<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cWith low or zero tariffs in Australia and many other countries, the TPP and other trade agreements now seek to restrict governments from regulating global corporations in the public interest. Most of the TPP's 30 chapters restricted government regulation in areas such as medicine prices, internet policy, financial regulation, government purchasing and temporary migrant workers. The TPP gave global companies the right to bypass national courts and sue governments for millions of dollars in unfair international tribunals. It extended monopolies on biological medicines for an extra three years, delaying cheaper versions of those medicines. This is not free trade but extension of monopoly rights.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
- \u201c\u2018A great shame\u2019: Australia tries to salvage Trans-Pacific Partnership deal after US withdraws.\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>Michael Koziol. The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>. January 24, 2017<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull indicated the 11 remaining countries could look to include China as a possible replacement for the US, the world's largest economy, as he mounted a strong defence of free trade on Tuesday. \u2018Certainly there is the potential for China to join the TPP,\u2019 Mr Turnbull said, noting he had \u2018active discussions\u2019 with other leaders, including Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Monday, about resuscitating the doomed trade agreement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
- \u201cAustralia and New Zealand pledge to salvage Trans-Pacific Partnership after US exit.\u201d<\/a><\/strong> Reuters<\/em>. January 24, 2017<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cTPP member Australia said China and Indonesia could join in the vacuum left by the United Sates. The TPP had yet to come into force with many countries still to ratify it. \u2018The original architecture was to enable other countries to join,\u2019 Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday. \u2018Certainly I know that Indonesia has expressed interest and there would be scope for China if we are able to reformulate it,\u2019 said Ciobo.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
- \u201cThe Government Should Be Celebrating The Demise Of The TPP.\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>Sarah Hanson-Young. Huffington Post<\/em>. January 24, 2017<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cAt the heart of all government decisions lies a revealing glimpse of its priorities. By pursuing the TPP while stalling on genuine reform of the childcare sector, the Turnbull administration have shown that they are really only interested in helping major corporations achieve their goals while ignoring the needs of regular Australians. Alternatively, by ripping up the TPP, Donald Trump has given the Australian Government an opportunity to reassess its priorities. I hope Malcolm Turnbull will seize this opportunity and get on with the real work of government; representing the Australian people, not just the major corporations that design our global trade deals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n