Press Release – Green Party New Zealand must make protecting whales a priority during next weeks visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Green Party oceans spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today.
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Press Release – AFTINET Brunei Sharia Law scandal and failed bilateral meetings haunt secret Trans-Pacific talks in Ottawa
TPP: Brunei Sharia Law scandal and failed bilateral meetings Read More »
Article – The Scoop Team The Prime Minister met with reporters today to discuss: His visit to the US The state of TPP negotiations Donghua Lius donations to both Labour and the National Party The possibility of an election deal with Colin Craig New …
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Press Release – AFTINET WikiLeaks has revealed yet another set of secret talks between Australia, the US, Japan, the EU and 19 other countries on proposals to radically deregulate financial services. At a time when many governments are still attempting to re-regulate the …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey While our eyes have been focused on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), the New Zealand government has been negotiating an equally secretive deal with 22 other, mainly rich, countries, said Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey.
TISA trade talks will lock NZ into finance rules behind GFC Read More »
Press Release – Beef And Lamb NZ Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO, Dr Scott Champion pressed home the need for comprehensive tariff elimination in the Trans Pacific partnership during a visit to the United States last week.
US Visit Focuses on Duty-Free Access to TPP Markets Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET Prime Minister Abbotts Washington talks on the stalled TPP between the US, Australia and ten other Pacific Rim countries will not solve the three major intractable problems which have dragged the negotiations into their fifth year, Dr Patricia …
Abbott’s US visit will not solve TPP stalemate Read More »
Article – Zhou Yun The Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) is a trade pact between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. The treaty would make businesses become easier to set up offices and branches in the other territory and for large stakes in businesses to be sold …
Delay of passing Service Pact will hurt Taiwan Read More »
Press Release – OraTaiao A new report concludes that fracking practices in NZ pose risks to health and the environment. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has recommended that regulations be overhauled and tightened to protect New Zealanders from harm. But …
Prevention of fracking harms would be shackled by trade deal Read More »
Column – United Future NZ Party Despite constant claims that New Zealand follows an independent foreign policy, the truth is that we have never been far from the cringe factor.
Dunne Speaks on Drones, Foreign Policy and Trade Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell So Labour MP Trevor Mallard has got himself in hot water with Speaker of the House David Carter for tweeting that Mr Speaker seemed to have been acting of late like a Mafia Don running a protection racket on behalf of his colleagues.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey At the end of a two-day ministerial meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Singapore it seems clearer than ever that New Zealand stands to get almost nothing if they do reach a deal, and we will pay a very high price in return, …
Singapore ministerial shows NZ likely to pay price for TPPA Read More »
