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TPPA timeframe cut exposes Govt’s predetermined agenda

Press Release – Green Party Cutting the timeframe the Select Committee has to consider public submissions on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) from four weeks to five days shows the National Government never intended to take peoples opinions on the TPPA seriously, …

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Govt worried about public scrutiny – cuts down TPP process

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party The Government wants to trim the process for hearing TPP submissions to get the controversial legislation off the agenda for election year in a shocking case of political expediency, Labours Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Clark says.

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Government jobs strategy needed

Press Release – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Following on from two large-scale redundancies announced in the past two weeks, new analysis out today from the Reserve Bank shows increased migration is contributing to the reason so many people are out of work.

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The NZ-US Council strongly endorses TPP

Press Release – NZUS Council The New Zealand United States Council strongly supports the ratification of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the select committee examination of the Agreement.

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NZ wine goes duty-free into seven new markets

Press Release – New Zealand Government New Zealands 1.5 billion-dollar wine industry will gain duty-free access into seven new countries under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Trade Minister Todd McClay, on a visit to Marlborough to discuss TPP, told exporters that the regions …

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InternetNZ presents TPP views to Select Committee

Press Release – InternetNZ InternetNZ Chief Executive Jordan Carter and Issues Advisor James Ting-Edwards appeared today before Parliaments Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee as it conducts its examination of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.

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