Title How to kill a country : Australia's devastating trade deal with the United States / Linda Weiss, Elizabeth Thurbon and John Mathews

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2004

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Description x, 190 pages ; 20 cm regular print Contents 1. The lopsided deal -- 2. Quarantine : open season for pests and diseases -- 3. Medicines : undermining our pharmaceutical benefits scheme -- 4. Government procurement : trading 'buy Australian' for 'buy American' -- 5. Intellectual property rights : suppressing our own knowledge economy -- 6. The end of the 'lucky country'? Summary Three of Australia's top policy analysts have investigated the fine print in the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement and reveal how the Agreement is anything but Free. With new information from inside sources, they tell of the behind-the-scenes negotiations, and how Australia's long-term prosperity has been dangerously undermined Analysis Australia United States Free Trade Agreement United States Quarantine Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Intellectual property Government purchasing preferences National identity Economic impact Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 183-190 Subject Catholic Church -- Apologetic works. Fundamentalism -- Controversial literature. Free trade -- Australia. Free trade -- United States. International trade. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005782 -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 United States -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140052 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Genre/Form Apologetic writings. Author Mathews, John A. (John Alwyn), 1946- Thurbon, Elizabeth. LC no. 2005391679 ISBN 1741145856 :

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