Speed of PACER-Plus Negotiations Unfair on Pacific Island Nations

Australia and New Zealand are being accused of fast-tracking a Pacific-wide free trade agreement.
Speed of PACER-Plus Negotiations Unfair on Pacific Island Nations
Leaders from 15 Pacific states pose for the official photo during the 41st Pacific Islands Forum leaders' retreat in Port Havannah on Efate on August 5, 2010. TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images
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Leaders from 15 Pacific states pose for the official photo during the 41st Pacific Islands Forum leaders' retreat in Port Havannah on Efate on August 5, 2010. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)
Diane Cordemans
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