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The Truth about NAFTA with Korea
A U.S. perspective on the proposed USA- Korea FTANAFTA: Ten Years of Broken Promises – the Teamsters view
Free Trade Activists Links
- ARENA (NZ)
- Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (Au)
- bilaterals.org (US)
- Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (NZ)
- Citizens Trade Campaign (US)
- Focus on the Global South (Thailand)
- Jane Kelsey TPP–FTA website
- Keep Our Ports Public
- NZ Council of Trade Unions TPPA site (NZ)
- NZN4S on FaceBook
- Pacific Network on Globalisation
- Public Citizen (US)
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership Digest (NZ)
- TPP Watch ‘Taihoa on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal’ (NZ)
- Watchblog Aotearoa
Author Archives: Admin2
China could have sued under China FTA if Crafar farm sale was declined
If the New Zealand government had declined the Shanghai Pengxin purchase of the Crafar farm it could have faced an international law suit for breaching its free trade agreement with China, says University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey. ‘When … Continue reading
A question NOT hotly debated
It is now clear, however, there is an even more insidious and threatening danger at the heart of this secret agreement. One clause that the Americans will insist on (as they have done with other similar agreements) is a provision … Continue reading
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More Hypocrisy on the Trans-Pacific Partnership as APEC Meets in Honolulu
Leaders of the nine governments participating in negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade and investment agreement met during the first day of the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Honolulu today. After sifting through the deluge of documents released after today’s … Continue reading
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Fair Deal or No Deal: Trans-Pacific FTA
What is being bargained away behind closed doors by the trade deal that the U.S. Trade Representative is heading to Hawaii this weekend to negotiate with 8 Pacific Rim countries? Answer: Affordable medicine being self-governing democracy Regulation of banks, insurance … Continue reading
N. Z. as “self-governing democracy” at threat – Bryan Gould
NEW ZEALANDTRADES AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS At the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Hawaii on November 12 & 13, Bill English will signal the Government’s readiness to trade away yet more of this country’s powers of self-government, the New … Continue reading
Pharmac under attack
New Leaked Texts Reveal Details of US Attack on Pharmac in Free Trade Talks The leaking of three further secret texts from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations confirms fears that the US is pushing for rules on healthcare products … Continue reading
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Leaked Text: Trade Deal Would Give Backdoor Effect to Shunned ACT Law
Another secret document from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations has been leaked, the first dealing with issues other than intellectual property and medicines. This follows yesterday’s leak of documents showing the US is pushing for rules on healthcare products that … Continue reading
Trans-Pacific Partnership Papers Remain Secret for Four Years after Deal
“The secrecy that shrouds the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations just got even more outrageous”, said Professor Jane Kelsey, who monitors the negotiations. The parties have apparently agreed that all documents except the final text will be kept secret for four years … Continue reading
‘Window-dressing for Big Phrma’
US White Paper on Medicines issued at TPPA talks in Chicago ‘window-dressing for Big Phrma’ The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), facing a deluge of condemnation over the impact of its trade policy on affordable medicines, today issued … Continue reading
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Prestigious American Medical Association Wants Tobacco and Alcohol Out of Any TPPA
The Executive Vice-President of the prestigious American Medical Association (AMA) James L. Madara has written to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk urging the exclusion of tobacco products and alcohol products from all provisions of TPP and any other free trade … Continue reading