Press Release – NZ US Council Assertions that leaked Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) investor-state text threatens New Zealand sovereignty are overblown according to the NZUS Council.
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Column – Gordon Campbell The leaked document on the US Public Citizen website confirm the worst fears about the Trans Pacific Partnership talks. The leaked text, and Public Citizen’s analysis of the text can be accessed here.
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Press Release – Public Citizen USA After Two Years of Closed-Door Negotiations, Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Replicates Alarming Bush Trade Pact Terms That Obama Opposed as Candidate, and Worse
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Press Release – Ohariu Citizens’ Select Committee Below is the text of the Ohariu Citizens’ Select Committee’s submission to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee. The Citizens’ Select Committee also presented an oral submission on Wednesday the 2nd of May.
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Press Release – The Nation China is looking at joining the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The TPP is a nine nation trade agreement currently being negotiated including NZ, the US, Australia and Chile.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser met with trade ministers from the nine Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to discuss progress of the TPP negotiations while in Russia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Readout of the Meeting of TPP Ministers in Kazan, Russia Read More »
Opinion – Paul G. Buchanan – A Word From Afar On May 24, 2012 the foreign ministers of the US and New Zealand met for bilateral meetings after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar were topics of discussion, but the real news was the US’s tacit endorsement …
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Article – Andrea Brower I write this as an American living in Aotearoa who is deeply concerned by the ‘trade’ deal being negotiated between our countries (or more correctly, between our countries corporations and their political cronies). On America’s side, Monsanto, Big Pharma, …
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Press Release – NZ US Council 1 June 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Trans Pacific Partnership allows New Zealand to protect public health Allegations that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will allow foreign tobacco companies to sue the New Zealand Government, highlight a fundamental misunderstanding …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Wednesday 30 May 2012 New Report Warns Trade & Investment Agreements Could Threaten NZ’s Smokefree Goal “New Zealanders are rightly surprised and indignant when tobacco companies like Philip Morris use international trade and investment treaties …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Primary Industries Minister David Carter will represent New Zealand at the APEC Food Security Ministerial meeting in Russia next week and travel to the US for a round of high level agriculture meetings. The APEC meeting in Kazan will focus on a range …
Primary Industries Minister to visit Russia, US Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government Distinguished Guests, including Assistant Secretary of State Dr Esther Brimmer and, our moderator today, Mr Ernie Bower from the Center of Strategic and International Studies.
Pacific Day Keynote Speech: New Zealand Embassy, Washington Read More »
