Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The final ministerial meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Maui has failed. Not opting to stay another day shows the gridlock is serious and potentially intractable, according to University of Auckland law professor …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Secrecy of TPPA documents heads to court A legal challenge to the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations will be launched in the High Court next week. An urgent application for judicial review will challenge Trade Minister …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Wikileaks has just posted a guidance document for TPPA ministers on SOE-related issues ( https://wikileaks.org/tpp-soe-minister/ ). Although dated December 2013, Professor Jane Kelsey, a law professor from the University of Auckland who has monitored …
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Opinion – Professor Jane Kelsey The global economy imploded in 2008 and confirmed a stark reality. Entire nations and billions of people are captives of an unstable and amoral economic system powered by finance , insurance and real estate FIRE. [1] New Zealand included.
The FIRE Economy: New Zealand’s Reckoning – By Jane Kelsey Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Less than a month ago, Wikileaks posted 17 documents leaked from the secretive negotiations for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). New Zealand is part of the group of countries calling themselves the Really Good Friends of Services who are trying to negotiate …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The latest Obama-Republican Party manoeuvre to secure Fast Track negotiating authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) succeeded with a narrow ten-vote majority in the House of Representatives, but the saga is far from over, according …
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Article – Professor Jane Kelsey US Desperation on Fast Track Plummets to New Depths In the latest desperate attempt to haul Fast Track authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) back from the brink, the Republicans in the US House of Representatives have launched …
US Desperation on Fast Track Plummets to New Depths Read More »
Article – Professor Jane Kelsey Defeat of Fast Track Package Highlights Americans Concerns About the Trans-Pacific Partnership Senate-Passed Bill NOT Adopted
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Article – Professor Jane Kelsey Contrary to some local news reports, the US Congress did not pass the Fast track or Trade Promotion Bill last night.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The Annex on Transparency and Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceutical products and Medical Devices from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations was posted on Wikileaks today ( https://wikileaks.org/tpp/healthcare/ )
Wikileaks Reveals Attack on Pharmac in ‘Transparency Annex’ Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey In the largest ever leak of documents from a trade negotiation, Wikileaks has posted a raft of texts and documents tabled in the Trade in Services Agreement negotiations. The topics range from finance, post and transport to professional services and domestic …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The reported cancellation of the planned meeting of the twelve trade ministers in Guam, billed as an endgame for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), is another nail in the coffin of a deal that has been on life support for several …
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