Australian politics Bill Heffernan vows to block any US beef imports under Trans-Pacific Partnershi

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http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/25/bill-heffernan-us-beef-imports-trans-pacific-partnership



Liberal senator tells Senate estimates he is in possession of Edward Snowden-style documents suggesting the US wants to trade Australian sugar for its beef

Bill Heffernan vows to block any US beef imports under Trans-Pacific Partnership
Daniel Hurst
Monday 25 May 2015 05.10 EDT

Liberal senator Bill Heffernan has warned his colleagues within the Abbott government that he will fight and defeat any attempt to allow fresh US beef to be imported to Australia under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Heffernan told a Senate estimates committee hearing that he was in possession of Edward Snowden-style documents suggesting the US wanted to sell beef products to Australia in return for the Australian sugar industry gaining access to the American market.

“I am aware that some people in our government are philosophically aligned to that [position] even if politically they’re finding it a bit difficult,” he told Department of Agriculture officials on Monday.

“I don’t give a rats who they are; they’re going to cop it. The TPP arrangements were originally that ‘if you want us (the US) to take your (Australian) sugar you’ve got to take some of our beef’. Now that’s in there, written.”

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Wake up, Mr Heffernan. Either you are stoopider than George W Bush; you know nothing about TPP or the $$$$ are already in your bank account.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. What did he think the TPP was all about?

It's about making sure that corporations, no matter where they are based, have 'access' to your markets, and can sell their products to your citizens without them having sufficient knowledge to avoid purchasing domestic products and avoid their dubious foreign products. Block the whole TPP, not just whatever particular product you want to protect domestically.