Article – RNZ Analysis: The US and China are head-to-head in a trade war, and as the saying goes ‘when two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets trampled’.
WTF: Weird Tariff Frenzy – What It Means For NZ And The World Read More »
Press Release – Socialist Equality Group Tariffs express the madness of the capitalist system, in which the world remains divided into rival nation states and imperialist powers, which are determined to strengthen their grip on natural resources and supply chains at the expense of their …
New Zealand Government Downplays Trump’s Tariffs, Despite Business Fears Read More »
Article – RNZ The Prime Minister says he will speak to world leaders today about working together to maintain free trade.
Christopher Luxon Talks To World Leaders As Donald Trump Pauses Tariffs Read More »
Article – Open Source Open Society New Zealands Open Government Partnership Action Plan is open for consultation until the end of day on this Friday 26 August. If you care about transparency, accountability participation and better use of technology in the way our government is run then …
Last Days to Contribute to NZ Open Government Action Plan Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Aug. 18 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand is unlikely to gain traction in its bid to upgrade its bilateral free-trade agreement with China while Asias largest economy is focused on developing its broader One Belt One Road initiative, a leading academic says.
China’s One Belt One Road may offer best avenue Read More »
Opinion – Binoy Kampmark Being savaged by Donald J. Trump on one side of the electoral aisle, and modestly beaten by the Democratic presumptive candidate, Hillary Clinton, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is lying somewhere between near death and miraculous survival. …
The Flagging TPPA: The US Election and Free Trade Politics Read More »
Key needs to be asking Biden about how and why the White House is busily circumventing the TPP deal signed in Auckland earlier this year. First published on Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on what John Key should be asking Joe Biden Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell D riving round Dunedin South yesterday was an interesting place to be hearing the news of Labours new housing policy launch. In Corstorphine and Kew came street after street of state housing built in a previous era by an effective government …
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s housing policy, and TPP rewrites Read More »
Press Release – India New Zealand Business Council “India & NZ are serious about expanding investment opportunities, says John Key at INZBC Summit 2016.
India & NZ serious about expanding investment Read More »
Article – Gordon Campbell So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower. That fact alone should signal that these deals are not primarily about mere trade …
Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements Read More »
Press Release – Green Party The Government must learn from its mistakes with the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), not repeat them with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, the Green Party said today.
Govt looks set to repeat TPPA mistakes with RCEP Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell T he miserly nature of New Zealands response to the global refugee crisis continues apace. Yesterdays announcement of an increase in our intake of UNHCR refugees from 750 to 1,000 refugees will only kick in from 2018, after the recent special …
Gordon Campbell on our refugee response, and a TPP rewrite Read More »
