The Wireless

Deep Rifts

08:47 am on 16 January 2014

WikiLeaks has exposed new details about trade talks between the United States, New Zealand and 10 other Pacific Rim nations that show deep rifts over environmental policy.

The TPP is a trade agreement between the 12 countries, and as The Wireless explains here, covers things as diverse as medicines and DVDs.

The draft reported in the New York Times appears to signal the US will retreat on a variety of environmental protections.