Speech to NetHui
Speech – New Zealand Labour Party About 7 or so years ago I was the head of the UN’s Humanitarian office in Jerusalem.
General Politics
Clinton Remarks With Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh
Press Release – US State Department SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Minh, for your warm welcome today. It’s wonderful being back in Vietnam, and I appreciate this opportunity to reaffirm the growing and mutually beneficial partnership between our two nations.
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Remarks With Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh After Meeting
Press Release – US State Department SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Minh, for your warm welcome today. It’s wonderful being back in Vietnam, and I appreciate this opportunity to reaffirm the growing and mutually beneficial partnership between our two nations.
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Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP
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 …
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Background Briefing En Route to Mongolia
Press Release – US State Department MODERATOR: All right, everybody. We are en route from Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, starting the leg of this trip which is focused intensively on the Asia pivot. We have with us [Senior State Department Official], hereafter known as Senior State …
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Remarks With Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba
Press Release – US State Department MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to commence the press conference with Minister Gemba and Secretary Clinton. First of all Minister Gemba will speak, and then Secretary Clinton will follow.
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Government Not in a Hurry on Plain Packaging
Press Release – TV3’s ‘The Nation’ Trade Negotiations Minister Tim Groser says there are complexities in following Australia’s lead and introducing plain packaging for tobacco products.
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Briefing to Minister Questions Copyright “Balance”
Article – Scoop News A recently-released briefing for the Minister of Communications and IT notes the economic importance of digital content creation and the concerns from from users that copyright laws “discourage the development of new digital content and innovation, …
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LIANZA Fears Copyright Law Changes Under TPPA
Press Release – LIANZA The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) is concerned at the possible implications for New Zealand libraries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) currently being negotiated between New Zealand and a number of other …
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Discussion online about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Press Release – Faultline Films The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a “free trade” agreement currently under negotiation between NZ and 8 other countries. Trade is only a minor part of the agreement. A Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an agreement that guarantees …
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AFTINET welcomes Parliamentary Committee ACTA rejection
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Fair trade group welcomes Parliamentary Committee rejection of Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA) and condemns similar proposals in Trans-Pacific negotiations
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TPP Now Bigger than NAFTA
Press Release – Citizens Trade Campaign Supporter, with this week’s announcement that Canada and Mexico are formally joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the proposed pact now officially dwarfs NAFTA in size and scope. We can’t afford a “NAFTA of the Pacific.” Please take action …
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