There are strong rumours the next round of negotiations will be in Auckland starting on 3 December. If that’s true, we need to put creating thinking caps on! More in the next bulletin. Anyone with any further information please get in touch.
Auckland the next stop on the TPP circus? Read More »
At this week’s round, US anti-TPP campaigners made their mark again. A Rainforest Action Network blockade stopped negotiators entering the resort where talks were held, with a 75-foot high banner saying ‘Free Trade My Ass: Flush the TPP’ suspended by inflated giant buttocks. 30+ negotiators were taken on a nightime bus tour of Washington’s sights
Activists mobilise at Leesburg round from 6-15 September Read More »
The super-power contest is heating up. Negotiations for a competing mega-FTA between 10 ASEAN countries and China, India, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have just been launched. China is in and the US is not! NZ wants to keep a foot in each camp. Trade Minister Tim Groser is putting his eggs in the
Powerplays: TPPA v ASEAN-plus-six FTA Read More »
At APEC in 2011 the political leaders of TPPA countries told negotiators to finish the deal by the end of 2012. Now John Key says a TPP won’t be signed in 2012 and a 2013 deal was only ‘possible’. At APEC last week the TPP trade ministers reported ‘significant narrowing of gaps’ in some areas,
TPPA talks bogged down, high risk of trade offs Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party National Party members on the Health Select Committee have now twice refused to allow experts to brief the committee about possible effects of the Trans Pacific Partnership on New Zealand’s ability to determine its own health policies, Labour’s Health spokesperson …
National MPs shut down health debate Read More »
Column – Undernews In the past three and a half years, more than 90 D.C. police officers — from detectives to captains to the rank-and-file cops on the street — have been arrested. They’ve been arrested on charges ranging from to child pornography to murder.
Undernews: September 10, 2012 Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Once upon a time, the APEC gathering of nations threatened to become a significant free trade bloc in its own right. Remember the Bogor Goals of 1994? But these days, not so much, apart from a bit of fiddling around with eco-friendly tariff levels.
Gordon Campbell on APEC, and its significance for TPP talks Read More »
Press Release – International Business Forum The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) congratulates outgoing Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard on his appointment as Executive Director of APEC.
International Business Forum congratulates Alan Bollard Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 7 (BusinessDesk) – Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard, who delivers his final monetary policy statement next week, has been confirmed as the next leader of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Secretariat.
Outgoing RBNZ Governor Bollard confirmed to lead APEC Read More »
Press Release – Amnesty International Negotiators from nine countries gathering outside Washington DC to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement must ensure that any new rules on copyright and patents adhere to core principles of transparency and uphold human rights, Amnesty …
TPP Must Not Trade Away Free Speech and Health Read More »
Press Release – PwC 6 September 2012 News Release Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific outlook, yet APEC economies projected to nearly double during the next decade Economic disruption, including possible recession in the United States, the Eurozone crisis …
Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific Read More »
Press Release – NZUS Council 4 September 2012 Finish an ambitious TPP in 2013, say Asia Pacific business leaders On the eve of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be in held in Vladivostok, Russia, business organisations from around the APEC region have once again joined …
Finish an ambitious TPP in 2013 say business leaders Read More »
