Article – BusinessDesk Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – Twelve Pacific Rim nations have reached a deal on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership in the American city of Atlanta, ending more than five years of negotiations to create the largest trade and investment pact since the Uruguay …
TPP deal gives limited win for NZ dairy Read More »
Press Release – Federated Farmers The last 20 years of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have provided an objective framework on which to base our international trade and seen the organisation provide great assistance to small countries like New Zealand.
Federated Farmers’ President praises WTO Read More »
Article – Steve Edwards With sagely insight, Nu Zilluns foremost Infallible Expert on Everything, prime minister John Key, opined that protestors who demonstrated in nationwide rallies across the South Pacific island nation against the impending Trans-Pacific Partnership …
Why I Rented-a-Crowd of Misinformed Protesters Read More »
Article – Megan Gattey More than one thousand protesters marched on Parliament to voice their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal in Wellington this afternoon.
Anti-TPPA protest in Wellington (with photos) Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Japan has made it clear it thinks New Zealand was the key major stumbling block to a successful conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. Alas, New Zealand proved to be the axle-breaking bump in the road that nobody saw until it …
Gordon Campbell on Japan’s doubts on the TPP’s Future Read More »
Press Release – Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc The Government is selling our birth right to big businesses without regard for our people or our taonga.
TPP: Protect our Rights, Protect our Taonga, Health & Future Read More »
Article – Jordan McCluskey We are a nation of traders. New Zealand is a country that has, since its colonisation, been dependent on foreign trade to support our economy. Extractive industries came first for the Kauri, then gold, then whale oil, and finally seal furs. Following …
The Beginning and the End of the TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Todays fourth final TPP ministerial without a deal means the clock has run on possible U.S. congressional votes in 2015. No deal means the TPP is thrown into the political maelstrom of the U.S. presidential cycle and with opposition building …
Yet Another ‘Final’ TPP Ministerial and Again No Deal Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 29 July 2015, WikiLeaks releases a secret letter from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP or TPPA) Ministerial Meeting in December 2013, along with a comprehensive expert analysis of the document.
TPP Leak: SOE Issues for Ministerial Guidance Read More »
Article – Don Franks The NZ Labour party has set down self described “non negotiable”conditions for signing the TPP.
Labour’s TPP conditions Read More »
Press Release – Oxfam This week, trade ministers and officials from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) meet in Maui in an attempt to finalise the agreement. Oxfam New Zealand has repeatedly expressed concern about the secrecy surrounding …
Secret trade negotiations undermining NZ’s democracy Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk July 2 (BusinessDesk) – A draft of part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal leaked to the Politico website suggests the US is demanding increased protections for pharmaceutical companies, restricting access to the lower-cost generic versions …
Leaked TPP document shows US pushing rights of drug coys Read More »
