The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation have just published a short and sweet pamphlet on the threat that TPPA poses to public health in New Zealand. Click on the link below to check it out. 2013-05 Public health will be a Major Loser Under the TPP FINAL
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) Cartoon Competition entries are currently on display at the Wholemeal Cafe in Takaka, at 60 Commercial Street, Takaka 7110. Professor Jane Kelsey’s speech on TPPA (filmed in Nelson earlier in the year) will be screened at the Village Theatre on April 29th at 4:30pm. If you live in the area, pop …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-TEHIScvw&feature=em-share_video_user Friends of the Earth, U.S. has released a new video, “Peril in the Pacific: Trans Pacific trade agreement threatens people and the planet.” The video highlights the threats to the environment and human rights posed by the secret negotiation of the TPP deal and in particular its draft investment chapter. The video illustrates these threats by telling the story of Chevron v. Ecuador, a cautionary tale about …
TPP secrecy invites suspicion about US Only a fool would have held out hope that Mitt Romney or Barack Obama might make mention of plucky little New Zealand in their foreign policy debate this week. They were more occupied by Israel (34 mentions), by a mutual enthusiasm for imposing “crippling sanctions” on Iran, by jokes …
Excellent Op-Ed in the New Zealand Herald – Toby Manhire Read More »
As has been speculated, Prime Minister John Key’s trip to Hollywood was confirmed by TVNZ as being in large part about the TPPA. See here for a TV3 panel discussion on John Key, the TPPA, and Hollywood between Helen Kelly (President of the NZCTU), Professor Jane Kelsey, Stephen Jacobi (Executive Director of the NZ-US Council), …
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Media release: Professor Jane Kelsey Friday 5 October, 2012 “When cheerleaders commission a survey to support their pet project you can pretty-well guarantee the questions will be skewed to produce a favourable result. But the survey commissioned by the NZ-US Council to show that Kiwi’s support the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement takes the cake”, says …
NZ-US Council scores ‘own goal’ with laughable TPP Survey Read More »
Inside US Trade has reported they are seeking to impose tight controls on the operation of Fonterra. In a press conference Assistant US Trade Representative Barbara Weisel said they are mulling over demands by American dairy farmers to include provisions that would impose special competition rules on Fonterra. Weisel said the USTR “are continuing discussion …
Speaking before the Leesburg round an unnamed US negotiator effectively confirmed to Inside US Trade (no link) that market access for NZ dairy products (the main reason why NZ is participating in these negotiations) was not seriously on the table until the end of the negotiations – when the trade-offs will be made.
The most recent round of TPPA negotiations have come and gone, with plenty of protest and no transparency. Read about the protest actionshere , here, and here. For excellent analysis of the issues and outcomes of the Leesburg round read these releases from US watchdog Public Citizen (here and here).
Over the last week Australian public health expert Dr Deborah Gleeson has given a series of lectures on the public health risks of the TPPA in Auckland and Wellington. For those who missed out, Deborah wrote an excellent op-ed outlining the risks the TPPA poses to PHARMAC in the New Zealand Herald. It didn’t take Big …
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The Labour Party’s health spokesperson Maryan Street revealed that National Party members on the Health Select Committee have twice refused to allow experts to brief the committee on possible effects of the TPP on New Zealand’s ability to determine its own health policies. This follows the earlier rejection of a petition led by the NZCTU for a …
Health Select Committee refuses to hear dissenting voices on the TPPA Read More »
