Column – Gordon Campbell Where now for dairy farmers? On RNZ this morning, Economic Development Minister Stephen Joyce was portraying the carnage of plunging global dairy prices, declining Fonterra payouts and bank foreclosures as merely a product of the normal business …
Gordon Campbell on dairy, anti-Chinese sentiment, Pluto Read More »
Steven Joyce dismisses fears of a recession in the next two years, “unless we talk ourselves into it” but admits “the job isn’t done in the economy”. Will present a new foreign investment strategy to Cabinet on Monday that involves partnering with Australia to create “a pipeline of private sector investment opportunities to international investors”
Patrick Gower interviews Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce Read More »
Speech – Federated Farmers Members of National Council, Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to be delivering this presidents address to you.
Relevance in a modern World Read More »
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Dr SHANE RETI (NationalWhangarei) to the Minister of Finance : What reports has he received on the international economy and its effect on New Zealands economy?
Questions and Answers – July 2 Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk July 2 (BusinessDesk) – Too much political capital has been invested in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal for it to fail at the final hurdle, says Peter Petri, a professor of international finance at Brandeis University and co-author of a study on the economic …
TPP too big to fail, says visiting US trade deal specialist Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 1500 CEST Wednesday, 1 July 2015, WikiLeaks releases a modern journalistic holy grail: the secret Core Text for the largest ‘trade deal’ in history, the TiSA (Trade In Services Agreement), whose 52 nations together comprise two-thirds of global …
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Article – BusinessDesk June 19 (BusinessDesk) – The fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact may be known as early as next Wednesday, US time, after a vote in the US Congress last night endorsed the elusive ‘fast-track authority’ that President Barack Obama …
TPP comes off life support, as US ‘fast-track’ vote looms Read More »
Press Release – Alternet Awesome Power Is On the Verge of Being Handed Over to Private Banks If TPP Passes
If the TPP passes, banks will wield awesome power Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET ) will begin analysing the likely 1000-page text of the China free trade agreement when it is released after the signing ceremony to take place today.
China FTA text released today Read More »
Press Release – U.S. Department of State Remarks Antony J. Blinken Deputy Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC June 15, 2015
Remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council Annual Gala Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks WikiLeaks releases today 17 secret documents from the ongoing TISA (Trade In Services Agreement) negotiations which cover the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & …
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Column – Carolyn Betts The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is a proposed regional international trade agreement that has been under negotiation since 2005 among Pacific Rim nations, currently numbering the following twelve:
TPP 101 : A Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Primer – For An American Audience Read More »
