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There has been another leak of the secret documents at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Santiago this week, this time involving United States’ negotiating text. The text confirms that the Americans are taking an extremely aggressive position on intellectual property … Continue reading →

Negotiators in Santiago, Chile for the fifth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks were delivered a forceful message today by prominent civil society groups, demanding an end to the secrecy that shields their negotiations from the scrutiny of national lawmakers … Continue reading →

The first day of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Chile has started where the Auckland round left off.  New Zealand and intellectual property are again at the centre of the leaks. “We have seen a copy of the draft text tabled … Continue reading →

Bryan Gould, the well known economic commentator and author, former Vice-Chancellor of Waikato University and senior British Labour MP, has accepted the invitation to become Patron of the New Zealand Not For Sale Campaign, a network of groups formed to … Continue reading →

Foreign firms can sue NZ government In November last year,Prime Minister John Key described as “far-fetched” the idea that investors could sue the New Zealand government directly in a secret international tribunal to enforce rules in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership … Continue reading →

TPPA Teach-in and Strategy Gathering Sunday February 20th 10am – 4.00pm Canterbury Community Law Centre 281 Madras Street Christchurch A teach-in is being held to coincide with the first day of the NZ – US Partnership Forum being held in … Continue reading →

More than 250 international economists, including some of the best-known commentators on the global financial crisis, have signed an open letter calling on the US government to remove of capital controls from the ambit of its free trade agreements, including … Continue reading →

. The Free Trade Informer #2, the monthly update on the campaign against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, is now available to download

TPPWatch, the Auckland based, coalition of New Zealand unions, groups and individuals who oppose the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement has launched a “release the text” sign-on letter to Prime Minister John Key, via its webpage . The … Continue reading →

“A campaign by the US entertainment industry to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to make Internet firms liable for illegal downloads by their users needs to be headed off at the pass”, said Professor Jane Kelsey, a strong critic … Continue reading →