Column – Gordon Campbell New Zealand has been hosting the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in Auckland for the past week, but you’d have to say things haven’t worked out quite as well as some had hoped. In fact, it has been a bit sad to watch, up close.
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Column – Gordon Campbell Remember how the Key government has justified being so very, very secretive about the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) because goodness me, you don’t negotiate these things in public? Well, guess who has just been negotiating the TPP in public?
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Press Release – GE Free NZ Proposals to label GM food being voted on in California alongside the presidential elections, could determine the fate of international negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
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Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 26 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand government’s decision to force foreign fishing vessels to register under the local flag was the best option to protect the nation’s reputation, which was under scrutiny in the US and UK amid reports of abuse …
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Press Release – AFTINET “Thirty trade unions, church, environment, health and other community groups have written to the Trade Minister urging him to implement his policy of opposing the right of corporations to sue governments in international tribunals in the 14th round …
Tobacco fight at Trans-Pacific free trade negotiations 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 »
Article – BusinessDesk June 14 (BusinessDesk) – Leaked drafts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have reignited the debate over loss of national sovereignty in free-trade pacts, with opponents claiming the TPP as a sell-out to global corporate interests and advocates dismissing …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “The tobacco industry will use every legal avenue it can to stop New Zealand introducing plain packaging laws”, predicts University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey, who is just completing a report on the impact of trade and investment agreements on New …
Jane Kelsey: Tobacco Industry Will Use Offshore Courts Read More »
Press Release – First Union Plans to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes could come unstuck as a result of New Zealand’s involvement in trade talks – which so far remain in secret.
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