Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The stated goal of the TPP Leaders and Ministers Statements to conclude the TPPA this year is unlikely to be achieved. The bland language hides deep divisions between the 12 diverse governments, caused by extreme US demands, Dr Patricia …
TPPA leaders’ statement hides deep divisions Read More »
Press Release – Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaders Statement We, the Leaders of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, are pleased to announce today that our countries are on track to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership …
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Column – Gordon Campbell One downside of so called objectivity is that it can turn the media into a simple megaphone for those in power – especially in situations where the media chooses to effectively abandon its role in evaluating the information it is being fed. The …
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Press Release – Federated Farmers Having returned from the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Federated Farmers believes the logic for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is so strong and its advantages so apparent, that the absence of President Obama from negotiations will not unduly …
TPP a matter of when and not if, farming leader says Read More »
Press Release – Democrats for Social Credit The Transpacific Partnership Agreement, between New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, Peru, and Japan appears to be in its final stages of negotiations says John Ring, Foreign Affairs Spokesman …
Kiwis must reject TPPA – Democrats for Social Credit Read More »
Press Release – GE Free NZ Securing New Zealand’s production of seed and access to imported seed, should be a national priority but the Government must develop a long term strategy.
Seed Security Vital for New Zealand Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The US budget standoff has thrown the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement into complete disarray and surely puts paid to any claims they can finish the deal by the end of the year, said University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey.
Obama cancels APEC trip, TPPA trade-off talks torpedoed Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET More than 70 organisations including 54 regional groups ranging from Mirboo in Victoria, to the Cassowary Coast in North Queensland, to Walgett in NSW, in traditional areas of Coalition support, have endorsed a letter to Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
TPP: Anti-gas mining groups say no to investors suing govts Read More »
Article – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 43rd edition of Werewolf, and an issue in which we once again – just like we did last summer – take an in-depth look at the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks .
Werewolf Edition 43 Out Now! – Trans Pacific Turkey Read More »
Press Release – Green Party All New Zealanders that value democracy need to get behind an electronic petition calling for the release of the draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Green Party trade spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said today.
Greens support push for TPP transparency Read More »
Article – Hamish Cardwell At his weekly post-cabinet press conference Prime Minister John Key discussed the upcoming APEC summit in Bali, the Reserve Bank’s LVR changes, and his meeting with new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday.
PM Press Conference – APEC | LVR Changes | Tony Abbott Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Government Prime Minister John Key will attend two major Asia-Pacific leaders meetings next week, the 2013 APEC Leaders meeting in Bali from October 7-8 and then the East Asia Summit in Brunei from October 9-10.
PM to attend APEC and the East Asia Summit Read More »
