Rethinking the trade and investment agenda in turbulent times
I am cautiously optimistic about the prospects of change, because the forces of creative disruption are breaking the mould, with the caveat that the outcome is not always progressive.
I am cautiously optimistic about the prospects of change, because the forces of creative disruption are breaking the mould, with the caveat that the outcome is not always progressive.
‘The so-called Joint Declaration on Inclusive and Progressive Trade, released by New Zealand, Canada and Chile alongside the signing of the resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA-11), comes across as a desperate attempt to put a gloss on a profoundly unprogressive deal’, says University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey. ‘They promise to make the TPPA-11 …
Capitulation in TPPA-11 raises fears of more to come – Jane Kelsey Read More »
The state of play with TPPA The original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement was signed by the 12 negotiating parties in Auckland on 4 February 2016, in the face of a massive protest led by tangata whenua. Japan and NZ completed their domestic processes to ratify (adopt) the original agreement during 2016. In January 2017 US President …
Te Tiriti O Waitangi, Tino Rangatiratanga And The TPPA – Jane Kelsey Read More »
If he is serious there needs to be a genuine conversation, not giving people two minutes to express serious concerns about impacts on health, workers, environment, the Treaty.