Barry Coates

Media Release For Immediate Release   What’s the Rush? Halt the TPPA Ratification process   The Parliamentary Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has concluded with strong opposition expressed by Labour, the Green Party and NZ First. It’s Our Future – Kiwis Against the TPPA spokesperson, Barry Coates, commented: “There is no a sufficient […]

Media Release 4 March 2016 For Immediate Release Democracy denied again on TPPA The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade yesterday decided to deny an extension for submissions into their inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).   The spokesperson for It’s Our Future, Barry Coates commented: “There are literally hundreds of thousands

Listen to the voices of Kiwis on the TPPA 15 February 2016 For Immediate Release It’s Our Future has today issued a challenge to the Parliamentary Committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to respect democratic process. The Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has announced that submissions will close on Friday

The government’s introduction of the National Interest Analysis (NIA) into Parliament shows a disregard for sound and objective analysis as a basis for treaty-making. The NIA shows that government is continuing to try to sell the TPPA, not to provide balanced arguments. The Spokesperson for It’s Our Future – Kiwis against the TPPA, Barry Coates,

New research on the TPPA has been released today, as part of a series of peer reviewed research reports. The paper examines the claims of economic benefits if New Zealand signs up to the TPPA, and finds that the claimed benefits are small, and even those are significantly exaggerated. If the full costs were included, the

Environment a significant casualty under the TPPA. A new research paper, authored by Simon Terry, Executive Director of the Sustainability Council of New Zealand, reveals that the TPPA’s impact on the environment will be even worse than had been expected from leaked drafts. There are few gains for the environment and serious threats. Foreign investors

Press Release 21 January Government fails to meet its obligations to Maori. This expert research paper, the third in a series, reveals that the TPPA will hamper the ability of future governments to develop Treaty of Waitangi-consistent law and policy law relating to issues such as traditional knowledge, biodiversity and environmental management. The ‘Treaty of

Initial analysis in November 2015 identifies the key issues for New Zealand in the final TPPA text. https://itsourfuture.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Key-Issues-in-the-Final-Text-of-the-TPPA-revised.docx

TPPA Bulletin _80 December 2015

TPPA Bulletin #79