Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Media release: Professor Jane Kelsey Wednesday October 24, 2012 Obama casts TPP as Challenge to China – will Groser now walk away? Trade Minister Tim Groser stated unequivocally in February this year that New Zealand would pull out of the Trans-Pacific …
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Press Release – ItsOurFuture.org.nz A new website itsourfuture4.localdev has been launched for Kiwis concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), an international free trade and investment treaty being negotiated between New Zealand and ten other Asian and Pacific-rim countries, …
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Column – Gordon Campbell While John Key was in Los Angeles wooing the US studio executives at dinner to bring more film projects to New Zealand, a significant piece of mutual wooing was almost simultaneously taking place on the other side of the Pacific rim.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Prime Minister John Key will host Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong when he visits New Zealand next week.
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Article – Connie Lawn A fascinating talk about the trade situation was held at the offices of the US – New Zealand Council in Washington, D.C. The invited guest was MP Clayton Cosgrove, a spokesman for the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet. He spends about a week in the US, …
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Column – Gordon Campbell Watching a round of hair pulling and name-calling between journalists is rarely a rewarding sight, so I apologise in advance to anyone of a nervous or irritable disposition for this morning’s column. Allegedly, I have been unfair and mean to John Armstrong …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “Having the negotiations on our doorstep will help focus attention on what is probably the most far-reaching executive lawmaking New Zealand has ever seen”, said Dr Jane Kelsey, a strong critic of the proposed agreement.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser today welcomed the announcement that New Zealand will host the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations over 3-12 December.
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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.
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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.
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Press Release – Amnesty International Negotiators from nine countries gathering outside Washington DC to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement must ensure that any new rules on copyright and patents adhere to core principles of transparency and uphold human rights, Amnesty …
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Press Release – NZUS Council 4 September 2012 Finish an ambitious TPP in 2013, say Asia Pacific business leaders On the eve of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be in held in Vladivostok, Russia, business organisations from around the APEC region have once again joined …
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