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Four congressmen have now moved a bill to repeal NAFTA. Superficially, this means little, as passage of this bill is unlikely in the near future. But more fundamentally, it means a lot because, unbeknownst to most Americans inside and outside … Continue reading →

This Is What A “Free” Trade Agreement Looks Like. The most unbelievably naïve reaction to the news that a mysterious Chinese company is hoping to buy up to $1.5 billion worth of dairy farms came from Federated Farmers, which said … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton’s visit this weekend will highlight the fact that negotiations will commence in March for the US to join an expanded Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (currently comprising NZ, Chile, Brunei, and Singapore, commonly known as the P4 Agreement), with … Continue reading →

New Zealanders who kid themselves that “we” stand to gain from a Free Trade Agreement with the US would be wise to reflect on the rueful words of Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain’s Ambassador to the US in the runup to the US/UK invasion of Iraq. Speaking … Continue reading →

The announcement that the US is ready to start negotiations in 2010 to join an expanded Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (currently comprising NZ, Chile, Brunei, and Singapore, commonly known as the P4 Agreement), with 2011 as the target to seal … Continue reading →

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Submission on P4 agreement, 8 December 2008  Download PDF (152 Kb)

Download the submission on the trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the United States by LIANZA, the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa / Te Rau Herenga o Aotearoa, on copyright issues lianza_submission (PDF, 124 Kb)