The vulnerability of being ill informed: the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Global Public Health
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The vulnerability of being ill informed: the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Global Public Health.
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a regional trade agreement currently being negotiated by 11 Pacific Rim countries, excluding China. While the negotiations are being conducted under a veil of secrecy, substantive leaks over the past 4 years have revealed a broad view of the proposed contents. As it stands the TPPA poses serious risks to global public health, particularly chroni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu061