Press Release – AFTINET “Thirty trade unions, church, environment, health and other community groups have written to the Trade Minister urging him to implement his policy of opposing the right of corporations to sue governments in international tribunals in the 14th round …
Tobacco fight at Trans-Pacific free trade negotiations Read More »
Press Release – NZ US Council The NZ US Council has sponsored a successful visit to Washington DC by Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga MP and Hon Shane Jones, Co-Chairs of the New Zealand United States Parliamentary Friendship Group.
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Column – Gordon Campbell It isn’t often that we see how the United States feels when it sees itself on the receiving end of a secretive international treaty process – you know, one akin to the Trans Pacific Partnership process that alarms many New Zealanders.
Gordon Campbell: US conservatives show how to respond to TPP Read More »
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 …
Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP Read More »
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.
Government Not in a Hurry on Plain Packaging Read More »
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, …
Briefing to Minister Questions Copyright “Balance” Read More »
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 …
Discussion online about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Read More »
Press Release – NZUS Council The announcement that Canada is joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations shows that progress is being made in building an open and inclusive agreement, said the NZUS Council.
NZUS Council welcomes Canada to TPP negotiations Read More »
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 – 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 – 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 »
