Press Release – Public Citizen USA A letter sent today to President Barack Obama opposing Fast Track authority, signed by 151 House Democrats, signals the end of a controversial Nixon-era procedure used to railroad contentious trade pacts through Congress. Obama has asked Congress to …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Two king hits in one day for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a bad omen for chief negotiators and hundreds of officials as they head into a crunch meeting in Salt Lake City next week, according to Auckland University Professor Jane Kelsey, …
TPPA: Leaked IP text -US Congress revolts against Fast Track Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Every ounce of political pressure will come on the negotiators during a special round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) that are scheduled for Salt Lake City from 19 to 24 November, according to Professor Jane Kelsey …
Crunch Time for TPPA at Salt Lake City Meeting 19-24 Novembe Read More »
Column – Binoy Kampmark In time, an insidious practice assumes the property of custom. It might seem barbaric and archaic, but as the great Sophist Protagoras claimed, man is the measure of all things. A ghastly measure, at that.
Killing Peace: Drones and Hakimullah Mehsud Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell It seems to be a basic law of political thermodynamics that centre left parties can only lurch or swing when they begin to sound more assertive. This lateral motion always takes them further leftwards, allegedly in response to the primal, …
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Press Release – TVNZ Sunday 3 November, 2013 Labour sets out differences to government Labour leader David Cunliffe has told TV ONEs Q+A programme that Labour will gradually raise the age people can start receiving the pension to 67, and Paid Parental Leave will …
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Column – Gordon Campbell Not many winners in the NSA spy scandal, are there? Oh sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been reaping some political applause at home for standing up to the Americans – in polls, 62% of Germans approve of her stand – but even that support has been …
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Press Release – Anti Bases Campaign John Key says that hes allowed to wear big boys pants because New Zealand is a member of The Club (Five Eyes, formally known as the UKUSA Agreement), which he says means that the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New …
John Key Says Yanks Not Spying on Him Read More »
Press Release – US Department of Defence Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and Foreign Minister Coleman in the Pentagon Briefing Room
Transcript & Images: Jonathan Coleman and US Defense Sec Read More »
Press Release – Beef And Lamb NZ Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and representatives from other Five Nations Beef Alliance partners have called on Washingtons Capitol Hill to promote a unified view of how trade in agricultural products and especially beef should be …
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Puts Case to Washington Read More »
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister : Does he have confidence that his Ministers are ethical and competent?
Questions and Answers – October 23 Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government First, I would like to congratulate the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, NZ Inc and all the agencies and sponsors for putting this event together.
Hon Tim Groser Address: China Business Summit Read More »
