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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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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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “We welcome the criticism of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which has today released a report recommending a delay in ratification of the agreement,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the …
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Press Release – Green Party Labour needs to explain why they are apparently siding with the National Government on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
Does Labour still want TPP talks to be open? Read More »
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.
Leaked investor state text is no threat to NZ sovereignty Read More »
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 …
Professor Challenges Groser to Public Debate on TPP Rules Read More »
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “The leaked investment chapter of the Trans- Pacific trade agreement (TPPA) being negotiated between the US Australia, New Zealand and six other Pacific countries contains special rights for foreign investors to sue governments if a law or policy …
Australia says no to investor rights to sue in leaked TPP Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell The leaked document on the US Public Citizen website confirm the worst fears about the Trans Pacific Partnership talks. The leaked text, and Public Citizen’s analysis of the text can be accessed here.
Gordon Campbell on the Trans Pacific Partnership leaks Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen USA After Two Years of Closed-Door Negotiations, Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Replicates Alarming Bush Trade Pact Terms That Obama Opposed as Candidate, and Worse
Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked Read More »
Article – Paul G. Buchanan On May 24, 2012 the foreign ministers of the US and New Zealand met for bilateral meetings after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar were topics of discussion, but the real news was the US’s tacit endorsement …
New Zealand’s Security Council Bid: A Double Edged Sword? Read More »
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The 12th round of Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) negotiations begins in Dallas, Texas today between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, amid criticism by fair trade groups and prominent lawyers.
Reduced community access in US TPP trade negotiations Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey More than 100 jurists from New Zealand and other countries currently or potentially engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, including some of their most eminent lawyers, ave sent an open letter to the negotiators calling for the right …
Eminent Jurists Say ‘No’ to Investor Right to Sue in TPP Read More »
