Originally published in CTU Monthly Economic Bulletin No. 186 (February 2017) Summary With the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in its death throes, it is time to think about what a good alternative – and what people-friendly globalisation – would look like. At the heart of public concerns, whether it is about the impact of these agreements …
Bill Rosenberg: Could we have a people-friendly globalisation? Read More »
Remember when the Auckland CBD got shut down last year because we were upset about opening our economy up to overseas corporates? Right now, New Zealand and Australia are forcing the Pacific Island economies to do the same thing under a trade agreement called PACER-plus, due to be signed in June 2017. An excellent plain-language …
Excellent overview of PACER-plus, and a petition. Read More »
Press release 16 May 2017 Nowhere for Labour to hide on TPPA in election year As Prime Minister Bill English heads off to Japan with trade minister Todd McClay in their quest to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the USA, ‘the silence from Labour is deafening’, Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey observes. …
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