The first authoritative account of the fashioning of the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the USA reveals how the Australian government has deliberately and surreptitiously sacrificed Australia's interests in the deluded pursuit of a 'special relationship' with the superpower.
It's hard to believe an Australian government could sign a deal which so betrays Australia's interests. 'How To Kill A Country' demonstrates how the FTA as negotiated will seriously damage Australia's institutions, interests and identity.
Three of Australia's leading policy analysts have investigated the fine print of Australia's Free Trade Agreement with the US. What they found is that the lopsidedness of the deal is just the beginning of the story. Most harmful is the sacrifice of our national autonomy and control over key institutions that underpin our prosperity.
The Australian government claims the FTA will boost Australia's exports and local economy. The reality is that the FTA overturns Australia's laws and institutions, and turns the country into an appendage of the United States. Australia faces the prospect of becoming a 'Vanishing Country' - in the way that Canada is described, 15 years after signing its FTA with the US.
