Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The ministerial meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade ministers ended with a whimper in Singapore today, said University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey, who is observing the meeting.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey There is strong disagreement between the twelve parties negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement about whether a deal can be struck without the US President having fast-track authority, otherwise known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement that Wikileaks posted in November signalled over 100 areas of disagreement. Those square brackets have been rapidly disappearing in the lead-up to the ministerial meeting …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Seven countries senior legislators call for release of the TPPA text, Ministers must respond There has been unprecedented call today from senior legislators in seven countries for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement text to be released before …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Groser must support Malaysias tobacco carveout at TPPA Ministerial on 22 Feb Trade Minister Tim Groser must support Malaysias proposals to carve tobacco out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement if the National government wants to …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The fig leaf of over $5 billion in gains to the New Zealand economy from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has been stripped away, said Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey, a long-term critic of the proposed TPPA. The Sustainability …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If trade ministers from the countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) were looking for a signal from President Obama in yesterdays State of the Union address that he was serious about cutting a deal, they will be …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If the EU can release draft texts, why do we have to rely on Wikileaks?
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement need to wave a white flag and agree to release the whole draft text, said University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey as another leaked chapter was posted on Wikileaks.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey When someone at the Singapore hotel that hosted the recent ministerial meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement suggested the next meeting of ministers could be in Europe, I thought he was joking, says Auckland University law professor …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The four-day ministerial summit on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement concluded late yesterday in Singapore. In one sense, they failed to deliver on their end game of a deal by December 2013, said Professor Kelsey, who has been in Singapore …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Forget all the glib promises that the National Government will protect the fundamentals of Pharmac and defend of our public health system in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations said Professor Jane Kelsey who is monitoring the TPPA trade ministers …
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