India & NZ serious about expanding investment
Press Release – India New Zealand Business Council “India & NZ are serious about expanding investment opportunities, says John Key at INZBC Summit 2016.
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Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements
Article – Gordon Campbell So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower. That fact alone should signal that these deals are not primarily about mere trade …
Fair Trade Network election scorecard
Press Release – AFTINET The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network of 60 community organisations has analysed policy documents, public statements and past records to compare the trade policies of the major parties on key issues, summarised below.
Govt looks set to repeat TPPA mistakes with RCEP
Press Release – Green Party The Government must learn from its mistakes with the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), not repeat them with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, the Green Party said today.
Questions and Answers – 15 June 2016
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. CHRIS BISHOP (National) to the Minister of Finance : What reports has he received on the outlook for the New Zealand economy?
RCEP “stakeholder’ process just ticks the box
If he is serious there needs to be a genuine conversation, not giving people two minutes to express serious concerns about impacts on health, workers, environment, the Treaty.
RCEP trade agreement threatens access to affordable medicine
Press Release – University of Auckland Medecins Sans Frontieres say: RCEP trade agreement threatens access to affordable medicines for half the worlds population
Gordon Campbell on our refugee response, and a TPP rewrite
Column – Gordon Campbell T he miserly nature of New Zealands response to the global refugee crisis continues apace. Yesterdays announcement of an increase in our intake of UNHCR refugees from 750 to 1,000 refugees will only kick in from 2018, after the recent special …
Take the Con out of Consultation
Press Release – It’s Our Future The government is pretending to consult members of the public in this afternoons negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). Its Our Future is calling on the government to stop the spin and start a real …
Nno foreign investor rights to sue in new agreements
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The Australian Labor Party has promised not to give foreign investors the right to sue the Australian government in any future free trade and investment agreements. That policy would include the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) …
It’s Our Future – Kiwis against the TPPA
Press Release – It’s Our Future Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram will visit New Zealand this week. He will be available for interviews in Auckland on Wednesday 15 June and Friday 17 June, and in Wellington on Thursday 16 June.
Questions & Answers – 9 June 2016
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. RON MARK (Deputy LeaderNZ First) to the Minister of Finance : Does he stand by his statement on the defence budget made in the House on Thursday, 2 June; if so, how?
