Press Release – New Zealand Government Hon Tim Groser Minister of Trade 19 June 2012 Media Statement TPP members welcome Mexico as a new member in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations Minister of Trade, Tim Groser is pleased to make the following statement on behalf of the nine members …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Hon Tim Groser Minister of Trade 19 June 2012 Media Statement Mexico joins Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations Minister of Trade Tim Groser this morning welcomed the announcement that Mexico will join Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would not restrict New Zealand’s right to introduce plain packaging or other tobacco control laws”, according to …
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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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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Trade Minister Tim Groser told Radio New Zealand this morning that New Zealand will do nothing in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that stops us now or any government in the future from regulating in public health and other legitimate public policy …
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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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Article – BusinessDesk May 21 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s fixation on domestic productivity is too “introspective” and has left the nation’s policy debate stuck in the past of Robert Muldoon when the nation tried unsuccessfully to go it alone in an increasingly global economy.
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Speech – New Zealand Government Hon Tim Groser Minister of Trade 11 May 2012 Speech Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation of New Zealand Conference I would like to begin by thanking the President of Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders, Willie van Heusden, for …
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Press Release – Green Party New Zealand must follow the lead of Australia and refuse to sign any trade agreement that includes investor state dispute settlement provisions, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.
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Press Release – US State Department Remarks With Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, and Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin After Their Meeting
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Article – BusinessDesk May 4 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand should support the creation of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, but bottom lines should include the right to negotiate fair pharmaceutical prices through Pharmac and to regulate in the public interest.
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Article – Professor Jane Kelsey A study released by the NZ-US Council today to coincide with its 10-year anniversary suggests a multi-billion dollar bonanza to New Zealand from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
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