After years of secretive negotiations in closed-door meetings and James Bond-level shenanigans designed to keep the deal under lock and key, the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has finally been released for public scrutiny. But have you actually read it? Well, unless you bring your legal decoder ring, you probably can’t. Never fear, however, this week in the subscriber newsletter James breaks down three of the worst TPP clauses for you in plain English and explains how the deal is even more onerous than we imagined.

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