War: Legal to Criminal and Back Again
Speech – David Swanson Remarks in Chicago on the 87th anniversary of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, August 27, 2015.
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TPP Must Not Undermine North America’s Dairy Sector
Press Release – Citizens Trade Campaign Washington, DC As international trade negotiators continue attempting to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), farm, labor and consumer groups from throughout the Pacific Rim are demanding that they not interfere with nations sovereign right …
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Why I Rented-a-Crowd of Misinformed Protesters
Article – Steve Edwards With sagely insight, Nu Zilluns foremost Infallible Expert on Everything, prime minister John Key, opined that protestors who demonstrated in nationwide rallies across the South Pacific island nation against the impending Trans-Pacific Partnership …
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Lisa Owen interviews Andrew Little
Press Release – The Nation Labour leader says his Government would pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership if it doesnt meet the partys five bottom lines If that agreement doesn’t meet our bottom lines, it undermines our sovereignty, it fails to protect Pharmac, …
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TPP deal to free up dairy trade would reduce volatility
Opinion – DairyNZ DairyNZ chairman John Luxton writes that major TPP players are holding their dairy consumers to ransom
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Questions and Answers – August 19
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. CHRIS BISHOP (National) to the Minister of Finance : How does the Governments fiscal strategy support the New Zealand economy?
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Gordon Campbell on Tim Groser and the Wrecking Crew
Column – Gordon Campbell At times, a protest march can feel like a futile political tactic, but at least afterwards Trade Minister Tim Groser can always be relied on to put his foot in his mouth. The weekends turnout of thousands in Auckland in wet weather – …
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Anti-TPPA protest in Wellington (with photos)
Article – Megan Gattey More than one thousand protesters marched on Parliament to voice their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal in Wellington this afternoon.
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World Trade Agreement Removes Long Standing Barriers
Press Release – Gallagher WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – August 14, 2015) – The New Zealand Government’s signing, today, of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has presented a massive opportunity. Sir William Gallagher, CEO and Chairman of the …
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Questions and Answers – August 13
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN (Green) to the Minister of Trade : Does he stand by his statement that the $6.2 billion investor-state dispute settlement action initiated by the Swedish power company Vattenfall, is not, in fact, an attempt by the company to stop a …
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Gordon Campbell on Japan’s doubts on the TPP’s Future
Column – Gordon Campbell Japan has made it clear it thinks New Zealand was the key major stumbling block to a successful conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. Alas, New Zealand proved to be the axle-breaking bump in the road that nobody saw until it …
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Trans-Pacific Partnership or a Contest of Boofheads?
Article – Keith Rankin The perpetually nearly-finished TPP negotiations perpetuate once again. Cars and cows are the problem, we are told.
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