A vote for National is a vote for the TPPA-11 Kia ora koutou katoa, This will be a short Bulletin as you are all, no doubt, up to your eyeballs in political spin and campaign rhetoric. The general election Saturday is the big political issue on everybody's mind in...
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We are trade union and civil society representatives from seven Asian countries who came together to discuss the impacts on labour rights and quality public services of the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between 16 Asian nations. RCEP...
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It is now certain that any decisions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the US will take place after the election. Last week’s meeting of the negotiators from the remaining 11 TPPA countries rebuffed the National government’s wish to...
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Events in Sydney this week mean the New Zealand government is now facing a renegotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) text on the eve of an election. ‘It is simply unacceptable that a caretaker National party would continue to make decisions in...
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Last week, It's Our Future asked the political parties to sign on to 10 bottom lines for New Zealand's future trade policy. Check out their responses and our analysis here:...
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July 2017 It's Our Future TPPA Bulletin out today, available here and reproduced below. Contains details of the new It's Our Future election campaign: "A Trade Policy for the People" ___________________________________________________________ Kia ora koutou, I am...
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June 2017 It's Our Future TPPA Bulletin out today, available here and reproduced below. Check it out for an update on where things are at with the Zombie TPPA, and what you can do to stop it. _________________________________________________________________...
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Originally published in CTU Monthly Economic Bulletin No. 186 (February 2017) Summary With the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in its death throes, it is time to think about what a good alternative – and what people-friendly globalisation – would look like....
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Remember when the Auckland CBD got shut down last year because we were upset about opening our economy up to overseas corporates? Right now, New Zealand and Australia are forcing the Pacific Island economies to do the same thing under a trade agreement called...
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Press release 16 May 2017 Nowhere for Labour to hide on TPPA in election year As Prime Minister Bill English heads off to Japan with trade minister Todd McClay in their quest to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the USA, ‘the silence from...
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