Speech – New Zealand Government Address to APEC Business Advisory Council Business Leaders Ladies and Gentlemen I would first of all like to thank the NZ/China Council for providing this forum for business leaders here in Auckland for the APEC Business Advisory Council meetings. …
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (LeaderNZ First) to the Prime Minister : Does he stand by his statement that personally Ive been of the view that transparency is a good thing. As Prime Minister Ive tried to lead that charge?
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Press Release – Grain and Seed Trade Assn Radish, carrots, ryegrass and white and red clover are just some of the high value export seed crops grown in this country every year, many of them in Canterbury, and exported to over 60 world New data sourced from Statistics New Zealand show the total …
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Column – Gordon Campbell On Wednesday, I reported on a local analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, which argued, among other things, that the TPP is not primarily a trade deal at all – but more of a package of entitlements for US corporates and financiers.
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Press Release – Employers And Manufacturers Association The ‘new’ study said to cast doubt on the likely benefits of the Trans Pacific Partnership deal is without any merit as it based on pure speculation, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says.
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Press Release – BusinessNZ Leading New Zealand businesses are joining with the New Zealand Government to welcome over 250 business leaders from the Asia Pacific region when Auckland hosts a meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 11-14 February.
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Column – Gordon Campbell The fog of secrecy around the Trans Pacific Partnership has always triggered concern about what New Zealand may be willing to give away in these talks, without any substantive Parliamentary debate of these concessions beforehand.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If trade ministers from the countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) were looking for a signal from President Obama in yesterdays State of the Union address that he was serious about cutting a deal, they will be …
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Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 28 (BusinessDesk) The governments top trade priority this year will be concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but Prime Minister John Keys speech for todays opening of Parliament suggests its given up on expecting to pass …
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Column – Binoy Kampmark Nothing happens at the supposedly dazzling do at the World Economic Forum held at Davos at least, of the constructive sort. It is a heavily catered talk bonanza on what people have already agreed to. It has a huge pretence to discuss policy.
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Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 14 (BusinessDesk) The final shape of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement should emerge in the next couple of months, although how far the new trade pact will go in new generation issues such as intellectual property remains …
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Press Release – Public Citizen USA Legislation to Provide Fast Track Trade Authority for President Obama Finally Introduced, But Can It Pass? Considerable House Opposition on Day One, Tight Calendar in Election Year WASHINGTON, D.C. Legislation introduced today by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) …
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