An unequal partnership? Trans-Pacific accord will hamper markets for halal medicines, critics say


The world’s largest regional trade pact in the making—the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership-- will undoubtedly affect the world’s largest emerging market force—the halal economy. But how the TPPA will do that is an open and controversial question, as negotiators pick apart a controversial push for stronger patent protections.

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Matt Kwong