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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
Tag Archives: Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement
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
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
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
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
Organised Labour’s position on the TPPA
Labor declaration on the negotiation of the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement Unions affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) are not opposed in principle to trade agreements. They maintain however, that the TPPA will not have their support unless … Continue reading
TPP – 21st century agreement or 19th century?
A second round of negotiations towards the Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) will open next week in San Francisco. New Zealand is one of eight parties along with the US, Australia, Singapore, Chile, Peru, Brunei and Vietnam, and others may join.
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