Press Release – Federated Farmers The last 20 years of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have provided an objective framework on which to base our international trade and seen the organisation provide great assistance to small countries like New Zealand.
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Press Release – Doctors for Healthy Trade Former Minister of Health and Prime Ministe r Helen Clarks statements today appear totally inconsistent with her responsibility as administrator of the UN Development Programme and her historic legacy of global leadership for health on tobacco control …
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Press Release – Rabobank New Zealand and Australia beef exports to the US are set to reach their quota limits in Q4. Meanwhile, global economic conditionssuch as the appreciation of the US dollar and the depreciation of the yuan and the realare having an impact on beef …
Rabobank Beef Quarterly Q3 2015: Volumes Reaching Quotas Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey In standing beside National Prime Minister John Key and appearing to endorse the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) Helen Clark has forgotten the most vulnerable New Zealanders who will bear the brunt of the governments concessions to US demands, …
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Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Today in Atlanta, cancer patient Zahara Heckscher was arrested after disrupting the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a protest aimed at maintaining access to affordable cancer medicines in the 12 countries affected by the trade treaty.
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Press Release – ASMS International reports suggest that the latest proposal under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would effectively mean an extra three years of monopolies for biologic medicines, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical …
Power of balance poised to tip even further Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Trade Minister Tim Groser will attend a meeting of trade ministers in Atlanta, Georgia, where negotiations are attempting to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact.
Groser confirmed for Atlanta TPP talks as dairy deal hots up Read More »
Press Release – Export NZ Wellington exporters expect business to rise, ExportNZ survey shows The Wellington economy will be encouraged by news that two thirds of local exporters expect export orders to rise over the next 12 months, says ExportNZ Wellington.
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Press Release – Export NZ Hawkes Bay exporters expect business to rise, ExportNZ survey shows The Hawkes Bay economy will remain buoyant for at least the next 12 months if expectations of exporters are any indication, says ExportNZ Hawkes Bay.
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Press Release – AFTINET As TPP trade ministers meet in Atlanta Georgia tomorrow, a proposal based on Japanese practice could provide a secret administrative means for extending monopolies on expensive biologic medicines used to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases, …
TPP: Robb should reject new sneaky tricks to extend medicine Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Shippers Council All Strength to Grosers Arm 29 September 2015 The Shippers Council today welcomed media accounts suggesting increased flexibility from key players on dairy and other issues that caused the TPP negotiations to stall at Maui. The United States has called …
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Speech – New Zealand Government First, let me show you New Zealand’s view of the World. This hemispheric view of the world is centred on Wellington, our capital city. Because we are so isolated, we are a maritime nation through necessity. Our Exclusive Economic Zone is the fourth …
Brownlee: NZ and Security in the Asia-Pacific Century Read More »
