February 22, 2018

TPPA rebrand betrays the national interest and our progressive values – Oliver Hailes

‘It’s Our Future continues to oppose the ironic rebrand of the Trans-Pacific Partnership,’ says Oliver Hailes, spokesperson for New Zealand’s network of opponents to the economic treaty, which was released to the public yesterday. ‘The final text and the National Interest Analysis (NIA) simply affirm our longstanding position that New Zealand is going to give …

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US and Canada to drop ISDS from NAFTA. NZ should insist on the same for TPPA-11 – Jane Kelsey

Canada and the US are set to agree on withdrawing the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico, according to reports from the US overnight.[1] ‘That would signal the death knell for its inclusion in future US deals, and presumably make the …

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