text: November 5, 2015 Posted by Craig Kasnoff
  05 November 2015 | Defenders of Wildlife News Release
  Washington – The New Zealand government has released the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade agreement made among twelve Pacific Rim nations including the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. The text reveals the final results of years of secretive negotiations, tackling a wide range of issues from intellectual property to environmental protection. However, the environment chapter of the agreement falls far short of the desperately-needed policy changes that would make a real difference for the world's wildlife and their vanishing habitat.