Press Release – Oxfam The United States is again pursuing an important free trade agreement that will lock in high drug prices out of poor peoples reach this time across the Asia-Pacific region, warns international agency Oxfam.
Press Release – New Zealand First Party New Zealand First is asking why the Government is introducing plain packaging of tobacco products while it is negotiating the deeply-flawed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Press Release – Jane Kelsey Nationals ploy to introduce the law on plain packaging of tobacco products at the end of this year, but not pass it until all the cases pending against Australias law are concluded, will push it well into the next parliamentary term’, says Professor …
Press Release – Green Party The positive health initiative of introducing plain packaging for cigarettes is being undone by the Governments free trade obsession, Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said today.
Press Release – New Zealand Medical Students’ Assn The New Zealand Medical Students’ Association (NZMSA) urges negotiators to keep the health of our patients at the forefront of their minds when negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Press Release – NZNO The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) rejects the pharmaceutical industry’s contention that Pharmac will not be affected by the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) currently being negotiated between eleven Asian and Pacific-rim countries …
Press Release – Amnesty International Negotiators from nine countries gathering outside Washington DC to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement must ensure that any new rules on copyright and patents adhere to core principles of transparency and uphold human rights, Amnesty …
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 …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would not restrict New Zealand’s right to introduce plain packaging or other tobacco control laws”, according to …
Press Release – Alcohol Action NZ Can Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, reassure us all that the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will not prevent the government enacting effective new alcohol laws to combat the heavy drinking culture in New Zealand, involving price, marketing, …
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.
Press Release – Mana Party “I’m glad tobacco giant Phillip Morris is planning to take ‘robust action’ against our government’s plan to introduce plain packaging” said MANA leader Hone Harawira “because we all need to see how far these bastards will go to protect …
