Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. CHRIS BISHOP (National) to the Minister of Finance : What reports has he received about lower than expected inflation in New Zealand?
Questions and Answers – April 28 Read More »
Opinion – David Swanson After a speech I gave this past weekend, a young woman asked me whether a failure by the United States to properly surround and intimidate China might result in instability. I explained why I thought the opposite was true. Imagine if China had military bases …
The Decline and Fall of the United States | David Swanson Read More »
Opinion – Binoy Kampmark Nothing upsets those drunk on imperialist virtue than the fact it might end. Such romances with power do have a use-by-date, going off like old fruit. Eventually, the crippling contradictions will win through in the end. The days of the US empire …
Fearing the loss of Hegemony: The Concept of US Retreat Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell As the New Zealand dollar edges towards parity with the Aussie dollar, it seems facile to treat this as some game of Transtasman arm-wrestling that yay, were winning. The political rhetoric is all about our economic strength versus their …
Gordon Campbell on parity with Australia & disarming Israel Read More »
Press Release – U.S. Department of State Remarks Puneet Talwar Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs The Commonwealth Club San Francisco, CA April 1, 2015
U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities in 2015 and Beyond Read More »
Press Release – U.S. Department of State Remarks Daniel R. Russel Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Seattle, WA April 1, 2015
National Bureau of Asian Research Roundtable Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party The Government must be more transparent around the draft investor state dispute settlements in the TPPA, says David Parker, Labours Export Growth and Trade spokesperson.
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk Research and DevelopmentEffect on Economy 1. JAMES SHAW (Green) to the Minister of Science and Innovation : Does he stand by his statement that the Government will build a strong business-led R&D ecosystem to strengthen and diversify New …
Questions and Answers – March 26 Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET Trans-Pacific trade (TPP) leak confirms foreign investors could sue over PBS, Medicare, food regulation
TPP leak confirms foreign investors could sue governments Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks WikiLeaks releases today the “Investment Chapter” from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement. The document adds to the previous WikiLeaks publications of the chapters for Intellectual Property Rights (November …
Secret TPPA Investment Chapter Released Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The latest revelations about the GCSB pose a stark question: is the GCSBs trade team spying on governments with whom New Zealand is negotiating international deals, especially the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)?, asked University …
Is the GCSB ‘trade team’ spying on NZ’s TPPA ‘partners’? Read More »
Opinion – Bianca Mueller The Trans-Pacific Partnership TPPA is a free trade agreement that has been negotiated by Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Mexico, United States, and Canada since 2010. If signed, the TPPA will cover a about …
The Devil in the TPPA – Investor State Dispute Settlement Read More »
