Why Trump and Clinton are lying about the TPPA
Trump and Clinton are telling American voters that they won’t sign the TPPA because of its impact on the working class.
This is nonsense.
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TPP laws risk creative handbrakes and unwarranted criminal charges – InternetNZ
InternetNZ has released its submission to Parliament on the TPP Amendment Bill. The submission sets out ways to update the…
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EXCLUSIVE: China trying to force their version of TPPA on us now!
If you were breathing a sigh of relief that the TPPA may fall to the vagaries of US politics – perhaps the only good thing to come out of either a Clinton or Trump win, if they actually do as they say – I have bad news.
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EXCLUSIVE: Waitangi Tribunal ruling on TPPA – “it was unlikely that the Tribunal in this claim would opt to talk truth to power”
As I have pointed out over many years, the Waitangi Tribunal itself is an agency of the Crown as part of the judicial system. Members are appointed by the government. In this Tribunal they included three Pakeha men – a Maori land court judge, a former National Party cabinet minister, and a special counsel to a major law firm – along with a kaumatua of great mana, but who is not a lawyer, and a younger Maori woman with experience in the commercial world.
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Government try and ram through TPPA without NZers noticing
Last week National announced it was fast tracking the report from the Foreign Affairs Trade and Defence Committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) from the end of May to 4 May. While the select committee process itself is a farce as it can’t change the deal, there are more sinister motivations behind the new deadline.
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National MP Mark Mitchell and his breath-taking display of arrogance
In a recent Radio NZ “Morning Report” interview, National MP, Mark Mitchell, revealed the government’s true objective with the so-called “TPPA Roadshow” and Parliamentary Select Committee hearings.
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GUEST BLOG: Dr Rhys Jones – The dangers of the TPPA
“This post is adapted from an oral submission by Dr Rhys Jones on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), outlining the significant risks to health and equity. He asserts that it would be grossly irresponsible of the New Zealand Government to ratify the agreement without a comprehensive, independent health impact assessment, including a formal equity analysis.”
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New expert paper on TPPA shows serious impacts for local government
An expert, peer reviewed, paper on the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) for local government was released today….
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Blind faith in Government a threat to our democracy
I read Steven Joyce’s “open letter to the TPPA protesters” with a great sense of incredulity.
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GUEST BLOG: Nadia Abu-Shanab – Why the media were so wrong about the TPPA protest
Last Thursday, Auckland CBDs tarmac roads swelled under the heat and weight of mass protest, roaming blockades and restless collective energy. An estimated 20,000 took to the streets in opposition to the signing of the TPPA.