Judge Steps Down In Kim Dotcom Case
Article – Scoop News The New Zealand Herald reports that Internet law expert Judge David Harvey has stepped down from hearing the Megaupload extradition case:
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International Law
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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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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Parliamentary Committee rejection of ACTA welcomed
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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Does Labour still want TPP talks to be open?
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.
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Leaked investor state text is no threat to NZ sovereignty
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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Professor Challenges Groser to Public Debate on TPP Rules
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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Australia says no to investor rights to sue in leaked TPP
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 …
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Gordon Campbell on the Trans Pacific Partnership leaks
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.
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Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked
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
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