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On TPP, it’s all about the devils we don’t know

For years, informed debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has been hampered by secrecy, too little detail and too much hype.

The TPP text is undergoing detailed technical work on tariff schedules and legal scrubbing. The definitive text will have 15 side letters. There will be a co-ordinated release when it is ready. That won’t be for weeks.

In other words, Canadian voters won’t know a thing more about this deal when they go to the polls on Monday than they do right now.

Read more at: http://ipolitics.ca/2015/10/16/on-tpp-its-all-about-the-devils-we-dont-know/

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