Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The fig leaf of over $5 billion in gains to the New Zealand economy from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has been stripped away, said Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey, a long-term critic of the proposed TPPA. The Sustainability …
National Government loses $5 billion-plus fig leaf for TPPA Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Feb. 3 (BusinessDesk) Pharmac, which manages an annual drug-funding budget of more than $780 million, plans to extend a three-year hiring spree after expanding in medical devices, vaccines and hospital medicines.
Pharmac stacks on workers with bigger remit Read More »
Article – Byron Clark The Internet Party is going to fundamentally change this countrys political landscape, apparently. Its unusual for a party that has not registered with the electoral commission, and who havent announced any concrete policy or candidates, to be …
The Internet Party: A progressive force? Read More »
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 …
Obama’s ‘State of the Union’ downplays TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Beef And Lamb NZ The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) must include total elimination of tariffs on agricultural and seafood products, say leading New Zealand food producers. A coalition of 18 New Zealand agricultural and food organisations, led by Beef + Lamb New Zealand …
TPP Agreement Must Completely Eliminate Tariffs Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Obama Downplays Trade Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership: Fleeting Mention Doesnt Even Reference Recently Introduced Camp-Baucus Fast Track Bill
Obama Downplays Trade Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership Read More »
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 …
Concluding TPP govt’s top trade priority, says Key Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen USA Obamas State of the Union Speech Dilemma: Calling on Congress to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Further Alienate Congressional Democrats and Fuel Ire among Conservative Republicans
Obama’s State of the Union Speech Dilemma Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government The Government is continuing to implement its plan to build a faster-growing economy with more jobs and rising incomes, and to support New Zealanders and their families.
Prime Minister’s Statement to Parliament Read More »
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.
Fictitious Withdrawals: The Myth of US Disengagement Read More »
Opinion – Peter Drew The Trans Pacific Partnership The End of NZ as a Sovereign Nation What is the biggest threat that NZ as a nation has ever encountered in its relatively short history? Was it World War 1 which led to NZ losing 3% of it entire population at horrific …
The TPP – The End of NZ as a Sovereign Nation Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If the EU can release draft texts, why do we have to rely on Wikileaks?
Why do we have to rely on Wikileaks? Read More »
