| How to Kill a Country: Australia's Devastating Trade Deal with the United States Contributor(s): Weiss, Linda (Author), Thurbon, Elizabeth (Author), Mathews, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1741145856 ISBN-13: 9781741145854 Publisher: Allen & Unwin OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Seriously criticizing the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States, this examination surveys the consequences of the agreement for Australia's medicine prices, agricultural exports, and royalty payments along with the effects of the agreement on other parts of the Australian economy. While analyzing these issues, the authors also make the overarching argument that the agreement will destroy Australia's culture and turn her into a subservient appendage of the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 382.994 |
| LCCN: 2005391679 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.28" W x 7.7" (0.74 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |