'Old-style' issues among TPP sticking points

29 July 2015

Dr Bates Gill
Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies, Australian National University

CNBC Asia

Traditional trade issues such as tariffs on dairy and sugar remain the major sticking points in the final stages of negotiation on the multi-country Trans-Pacific Partnership says Centre CEO Bates Gill.

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Dr Bates Gill
Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Bates Gill was CEO of the US Studies Centre from 2012-2015. He is Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University. Previously, he was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an independent think tank recognised as one of the world’s top ten research institutes in international affairs.

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29 July 2015

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