Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey According to the Wall Street Journal, trade minister Groser says the politicians have informally closed out all but two major areas of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations. Those areas are state-owned enterprises …
Did Groser sell out on TPPA with nothing on agriculture? Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Minister Grosers Big Debate on TPPA is meaningless unless it comes before an agreement is signed
“Big Debate” on TPPA is meaningless in face of a done deal Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The statement from the ministers of the twelve countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) meeting in Sydney has just been released.
Are TPPA Ministers Bluffing Or Could They Pull It Off? Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey On the eve of the latest (non)round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) yet another version of the intellectual property has found its way to Wikileaks .
Latest leak of TPPA intellectual property text confirms risk Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The most opaque round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to date ended in Ottawa yesterday. The odds of President Obama achieving his goal of a meaningful document by the APEC leaders summit in November hangs in the balance, according …
Can Obama Achieve Checkmate for TPPA by November? Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey While our eyes have been focused on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), the New Zealand government has been negotiating an equally secretive deal with 22 other, mainly rich, countries, said Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey.
TISA trade talks will lock NZ into finance rules behind GFC Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey At the end of a two-day ministerial meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Singapore it seems clearer than ever that New Zealand stands to get almost nothing if they do reach a deal, and we will pay a very high price in return, …
Singapore ministerial shows NZ likely to pay price for TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The government has maintained an absurd veil of secrecy over the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and it keeps getting worse, according to University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey.
TPPA secrecy scales bizarre new heights Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Tim Grosers ambitions for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement were dealt yet another blow with US President Obama failing to secure a deal on agriculture during his trip to Japan this week, said Professor Jane Kelsey from the University …
Obama’s Japan trip brings more bad news for Tim Groser Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Australia appears to have stolen a march on New Zealand and other parties to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement by concluding its longstanding negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan overnight, according to Professor Jane Kelsey, …
FTA steals a march on NZ and US on agriculture in TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey How many times do the Prime Minister and other members of the government have to be hauled up for misrepresenting the role of Parliament in making treaties, especially the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, asked Professor Jane Kelsey from the …
One more time, PM: Parliament does not get to ratify TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The National government is striking a brick wall in getting major concessions on dairy from the US and Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). It will have an equal or greater battle in its plans for a free trade agreement with …
Out of the TPPA frying pan, into the EU-FTA fire? Read More »
