Column – Gordon Campbell Once upon a time, the APEC gathering of nations threatened to become a significant free trade bloc in its own right. Remember the Bogor Goals of 1994? But these days, not so much, apart from a bit of fiddling around with eco-friendly tariff levels.
Gordon Campbell on APEC, and its significance for TPP talks Read More »
Press Release – International Business Forum The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) congratulates outgoing Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard on his appointment as Executive Director of APEC.
International Business Forum congratulates Alan Bollard Read More »
Press Release – PwC 6 September 2012 News Release Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific outlook, yet APEC economies projected to nearly double during the next decade Economic disruption, including possible recession in the United States, the Eurozone crisis …
Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced former Prime Minister Mike Moore will serve a second term as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Washington, and named Leon Grice as the next Consul-General in Los Angeles.
McCully announces diplomatic postings Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell It isn’t often that we see how the United States feels when it sees itself on the receiving end of a secretive international treaty process – you know, one akin to the Trans Pacific Partnership process that alarms many New Zealanders.
Gordon Campbell: US conservatives show how to respond to TPP Read More »
Press Release – Joint Press Release The recent announcement at the G20 summit of Canada’s inclusion into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has got member countries the United States of America (US), New Zealand (NZ) and Australia up in arms over Canada’s open agricultural subsidisation …
Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey More than 100 jurists from New Zealand and other countries currently or potentially engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, including some of their most eminent lawyers, ave sent an open letter to the negotiators calling for the right …
Eminent Jurists Say ‘No’ to Investor Right to Sue in TPP Read More »
Press Release – NZUS Council The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) could deliver substantial gains to the New Zealand economy, delegates will be told at the NZ US Council’s 10th Anniversary Conference in Auckland tomorrow.
Trans Pacific Partnership: $2.1b boost to NZ economy by 2025 Read More »
Press Release – Democrats for Social Credit The government’s proposed changes for funding of glucose meters and strips for diabetes care is ill-advised and not in the best interests of patients, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman, David Tranter.
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Column – iPredict The 6000 traders on New Zealand’s online predictions market, iPredict, see a Liberal National Party win in Queensland as close to a dead cert with the party expected to win as many as 68 of the 89 seats in the State Parliament.
iPredict Ltd: Economic & Political Newsletter: 21 March 2012 Read More »
Press Release – US State Department Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC February 21, 2012
Keynote Address at Global Business Conference Read More »
Press Release – Ohariu Citizens’ Select Committee Tying a ribbon and balloon to every power pole between Ohariu MP Peter Dunne’s Johnsonville electorate office and Parliament on Saturday 18 February. This is the first action in a ‘People’s Power’ campaign in the Ohariu electorate to challenge …
Ongoing activism on asset sales targets Ohariu electorate Read More »
