Speech – New Zealand First Party Thank you for inviting me to speak to you tonight and for your interest in international affairs. Lets start by saying something reasonably obvious, which is that with some exceptions, New Zealand foreign policy is by and large a pretty bipartisan affair.
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The stated goal of the TPP Leaders and Ministers Statements to conclude the TPPA this year is unlikely to be achieved. The bland language hides deep divisions between the 12 diverse governments, caused by extreme US demands, Dr Patricia …
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Press Release – Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaders Statement We, the Leaders of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, are pleased to announce today that our countries are on track to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership …
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Column – Gordon Campbell Remember the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, and those scary stories last year about how it would give foreign multinationals the right to sue the countries who sign up to it, if said corporates happen to feel disadvantaged by any laws or regulations …
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Speech – New Zealand Government I returned recently from representing New Zealand at the Summit of the Pacific Alliance in Colombia. We are now an official observer of the Pacific Alliance along with Australia, Canada (Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, was …
Address to Latin American Business Council Read More »
Press Release – US State Department Daily Press Briefings : Daily Press Briefing – June 5, 2013 06/05/2013 05:26 PM EDT Jen Psaki Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC June 5, 2013 Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Fighting in Qusayr / Humanitarian Assistance / U.S. Assistance …
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Press Release – US State Department MODERATOR: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Were en route to Antigua, Guatemala for the OAS General Assembly. Well also have a bilateral program with the Guatemalans. And here we have a Senior State Department Official to go ahead and give us an overview …
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Press Release – US State Department SECRETARY KERRY: (In progress) consolidated democracy, and deeply cooperative on any number of issues, not just in Latin America but on a global basis. And we are very appreciative of the progress that you make on technology, science, on some security …
Remarks with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera Echenique Read More »
Press Release – US State Department Maldonado Case / Consular Staff Visits / Contact with Family / Health and Welfare / Legal Process / Contact with Mexican Authorities
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Article – Alastair Thompson Yesterday I participated in the launch of OurFairDeal.org a new website home for global citizens coalition around the issue of copyright as it pertains to the internet.
A Global Fair Deal On Copyright, OurFairDeal.org | 500 Words Read More »
Press Release – Joint Media Statement Business leaders across the Asia Pacific who are supporting the 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations currently underway in Lima urged negotiators to tackle and resolve now, rather than later, the sensitive issues in the TPP talks in order …
Business Leaders Call for Redoubling of Efforts on TPP Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today named Clare Kelly as New Zealands new Ambassador to Mexico.
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