Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart today for Bali Indonesia to attend the 9th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference running from 3-6 December.
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Press Release – Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is buoyed by surging primary exports that has turned in the lowest trade deficit for an October month since the mid-1990s.
Exporting New Zealand forward Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Claims that trade ministers are close to a final deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) seem incredible, given the long list of matters that remain unresolved after a week of intense negotiations in Salt Lake City, according to Professor …
Salt Lake TPPA negotiations end with growing desperation Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET As revealed by leaked documents two weeks ago, the US is still pushing for stronger patent rights and higher prices for medicines as secret talks continue this week in Salt Lake City, Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade Network …
Australia should resist US bullying at TPP trade talks Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The US has adopted a strategy of exhaustion in its bullying of negotiators on the crucial intellectual property chapter to force countries to trade away health in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations in Salt Lake City
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The US has adopted a strategy of exhaustion in its bullying of negotiators on the crucial intellectual property chapter to force countries to trade away health in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations in Salt Lake City, according …
Outrageous US bullying on IP and Health at TPPA Talks Read More »
Press Release – Fair Deal Coalition Today the Fair Deal Coalition has called on Governments involved in the TPP negotiations to reject copyright proposals that would limit the open internet, access to knowledge, and curtail economic opportunity.
Pull TPP provisions that restrict access to knowledge Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter . The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more …
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) IP Chapter Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Two king hits in one day for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a bad omen for chief negotiators and hundreds of officials as they head into a crunch meeting in Salt Lake City next week, according to Auckland University Professor Jane Kelsey, …
TPPA: Leaked IP text -US Congress revolts against Fast Track Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Every ounce of political pressure will come on the negotiators during a special round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) that are scheduled for Salt Lake City from 19 to 24 November, according to Professor Jane Kelsey …
Crunch Time for TPPA at Salt Lake City Meeting 19-24 Novembe Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government First, I would like to congratulate the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, NZ Inc and all the agencies and sponsors for putting this event together.
Hon Tim Groser Address: China Business Summit Read More »
Article – Hadyn Green Trade negotiations are tense affairs. There are always interested parties trying to get your ear, long nights spent arguing small but technical points, and the invisible but ever present political pressure. So it was in Brunei late August where the latest …
TPP: This is a fight worth joining Read More »
