Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. ANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister : Does he stand by his statement in his Budget speech last year, we are in surplus?
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Opinion – Peter Drew TPP: Is it the Death of Democracy and the Birth of Corporatocracy? By Peter Drew – Independent Journalist On May 16th the US Senate reversed their decision of two days prior and voted by a margin of 65-33 to allow President Obama and the trans-national …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey NZ Politicians Join Call to Protect Sovereignty from US Certification in TPPA An open letter signed by current and former political leaders from five countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has called for effective moves to protect …
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Press Release – Third World Network Senior parliamentarians from five countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have signed an open letter urging their political leaders to protect their nations sovereignty from the United States process of certification.
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Article – BusinessDesk May 14 (BusinessDesk) – US president Barack Obama will try again to get US Senate backing for a vote on ‘fast-track’ authority that he hopes will smooth the way to a deal on the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade and investment pact, …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is now in doubt following the defeat in the US Senate of a proposal to advance the FastTrack Bill. The Fast Track Bill would prevent the U.S. Congress from amending the TPP, and instead …
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Press Release – TPP Action Group Open Letter to the Hon. Tim Groser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee.
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Column – Gordon Campbell It is unusual for anyone to vote for an early execution, but thats effectively what President Barack Obamas friends in the US Senate have just done by bringing forward a procedural vote related to the Trans Pacific Partnership. If all had gone …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey NZ governments TPPA secrecy put to the test; US says it will release text
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk Health, MinisterStatements 1. Hon ANNETTE KING (Deputy LeaderLabour) to the Minister of Health : Does he stand by all his statements?
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Opinion – Gordon Campbell For the past week or so weve been hearing a lot about the child-like side of our Prime Minister . So I guess we shouldnt be too surprised that if you put him on the mat in Dubai, he will say the darndest things. Heres what happened. During …
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Opinion – Binoy Kampmark The TTIP and TPPA, both sounding like ominous injections of political disaster, continue their march towards belittling, and corroding the democratic content of its participating countries. The holder of the needle remains US President Barack Obama, while the …
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