Trade Minister Andrew Robb lashes out at free trade scaremongering

By Esther Han
Updated October 26 2014 - 12:13am, first published October 25 2014 - 11:54am
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise. Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise. Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise. Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Andrew Robb: denies the price of medicines will rise. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade Minister Andrew Robb speaks during the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting of trade representatives in Sydney. Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed
Trade Minister Andrew Robb speaks during the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting of trade representatives in Sydney. Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed

Trade Minister Andrew Robb has hosed down fears the price of medicines will skyrocket with the signing of what has been dubbed the world's largest free trade deal, saying it is "not the intention or the outcome".

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