New animated short on El Salvador v Oceanagold ISDS claim
A new animated short film telling the story of the El Salvador v Oceanagold ISDS claim has just...
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TPPA
Not yet ratified by Parliament. The TPPA will result in higher costs for medicines, longer copyright protection and threats to the environment, climate change, labour rights and te tiriti from allowing foreign corporations to sue governments.
RCEP
The Chinese-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is still in negotiation. The draft text is secret, but leaks show similar dangers to TPPA, including proposed Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) allowing corporations to sue governments.
TiSA
The Trade in Services Agreement negotiations involve 50 countries, negotiating under extreme secrecy. Restrictions on governments’ right to regulate could threaten financial stability, action on climate change and public health.
NZ-EU FTA
The NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement is a new proposal. The EU is proposing more transparency and improvements to Investor-State Dispute Settlement, but the core of the agreement still favours foreign investors over domestic companies.
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Open Letter to Trade Minister Todd McClay
The government has announced a ‘refresh’ of its trade policy. However, it looks more like a sticking plaster on the current failed policy when invasive surgery is required. Agreements like the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) become...
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Inside the Global Club of ISDS
Imagine a private, global super court that empowers corporations to bend countries to their will. Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is being used by corporations to evade the law and override the decisions of democratic governments. The cases cited in this...
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Germany says TTIP deal has failed
Radio New Zealand’s Patrick O’Meara has published an interview with Professor Jane Kelsey on the increasing uncertainty surrounding the future of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. Germany’s economic affairs minister, Sigmar Gabriel,...
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