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The secrecy behind TPPA and potential pitfalls
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COMMENT The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has become one of the hottest issues in town, primarily because it will have significant impact on our nation’s economy and businesses. And also because it will bring wider social implications and raise controversies on many fronts.

Some claim that the sovereignty of the nation will be under threat and given the potential challenge of investors to our national policies; some worry that the local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot compete with the multinational corporations and conglomerates and will therefore lose out.

Some bumiputera companies fear that this will spell the end of the government’s bumiputera policies that favour, support and protect their interests.

Unlike the goods and services tax (GST), about which we already know the details as to what exactly we will subscribe to, what measures will be taken and imposed on us come April 1, 2015...

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