Article PKCW Australia and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: what we do and don't know

Australia and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: what we do and don't know

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Daniel Hurst Political correspondent
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Malcolm Turnbull calls it a 'gigantic foundation stone for our future prosperity' but we'll have to take his word for it until full text of the deal is released

The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, calls it a "gigantic foundation stone for our future prosperity", but what does the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mean for Australia?

The short answer is that we don't know for sure, because the full text of the deal has yet to be released.

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