Comments on: The narrative is a fool [Prov 27] https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2016/02/the-narrative-is-a-fool-prov-27/ Bleak Theology: Hopeful Science Fri, 19 Feb 2016 06:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: Looking Glass https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2016/02/the-narrative-is-a-fool-prov-27/comment-page-1/#comment-6623 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:51:54 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=8841#comment-6623 The TPPA is one of those classic “politics makes odd bedfellows” events. What started as very much a Globalist vs Nationalist issue morphed over time into a Large Corporations vs Small Corporations & Specific Economic Sectors against each other. Though it’s really about Intellectual Property Rights.

If it goes badly for other countries (it actually won’t do much for opening up trades), at some level I don’t have the greatest of sympathy. Much of this was driven by the Pharmaceutical Industry. The “dirty secret” of that sector is that the rest of the world gets cheaper drugs because all of the Profit comes from the USA. The French being the most direct in having a standing threat to void Patents if the price offered isn’t to their liking. So for as bad as the deal likely is for all parts, I can’t help by saying “you’ve always got to pay the Piper”.

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