Add ‘Trade for All’ to the list of government sell-outs
Some have asked why my radio silence over recent months. Simple. Once it became clear that I could have zero influence on this government’s trade and investment policy, I have been working where I can make a difference. There are other governments, international institutions, and influencers who are genuinely rethinking the current rule-book and resisting moves to make it even worse.
Read More →Farewell and Thanks to a Rangatira
Last Thursday at Mangamuka we buried Rua Rakena, a quiet revolutionary who had an extraordinary, but largely unsung, influence on Maori and Tiriti politics from the 1960s to the 1990s
Read More →Why NZ must get rid of ISDS now
Information just revealed under Australia’s Freedom of Information Act shows taxpayers bore half the AUD23 million cost of defeating an investment dispute brought by tobacco giant Philip Morris.
Read More →Big Tech & Free Trade
On the ‘knowledge’ panel at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand, Professor Jane Kelsey explained how trade rules on ‘e-commerce’ would cement the dominance of Big Tech and close off our ability to shape the digital domain in the public good.
Read More →NZ Joins Breakaway Push for WTO E-Commerce Rules that Protect Google etc from Regulation
Documents I’ve obtained under the Official Information Act, although heavily redacted, show our government really has no idea of the implications.
Read More →Food for thought as we work to re-set NZ’s trade and investment agenda
In the past week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been a cheerleader for free trade negotiations with the United Kingdom and European Union, aiming the finish the EU one within the year.
Read More →Launch of JusTrade.nz heralds a new campaign for a 21st century trade agenda
‘The message from the hui was very clear: we need to generate real alternatives that confront climate change and disruption, while supporting sustainable local businesses and jobs that pay a living wage, in a nation founded on te Tiriti o Waitangi.’
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