TPP critics fear trade deal favours big business over states
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Sydney
WITH the end game in sight to what could be the world's most ambitious trade deal, critics fear a controversial mechanism to protect investors will strengthen the hand of big business while eroding national sovereignty.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - a wide-ranging accord that would encompass 40 per cent of the world's trade - could be sealed in Hawaii this week after more than five years of talks.
