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Fiji will not change its stance
15-Oct-2015 Fiji Sun
Agreement must be development-centered
Court finds against Trade Minister on TPPA Secrecy
13-Oct-2015 Scoop
Court finds against Trade Minister on TPPA Secrecy; Chief Ombudsman wrongly upheld his unlawful decision
No ban for TPP nationals buying NZ houses
12-Oct-2015
Prime Minister John Key says the Trans Pacific Partnership will not technically prevent a future Labour Government from banning the sale of residential properties to foreigners.
Sober reflections on the TPPA deal – and why we need to keep fighting
8-Oct-2015 The Daily Blog
Who gave the Prime Minister and Trade Minister the right to sacrifice our rights to regulate foreign investment, to decide our own copyright laws, to set up new SOEs, and whatever else they have agreed to in this secret deal and present it to us as a fait accompli?
New Zealand lawmakers approve S Korea FTA
29-Sep-2015 Tax News
New Zealand’s Parliament approved the Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Bill on September 24, 2015.
NBR Radio Special: Jane Kelsey on TPP legal action
29-Sep-2015 NBR
Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey is challenging an “unlawful” government decision to deny an official trade document request.
National politics put trade talks under pressure
29-Sep-2015 Nikkei Asian Review
While domestic political schedules are making it imperative for the U.S., Japan and Canada to wrap up a historic trans-Pacific trade pact, New Zealand and Mexico appear intent on prolonging the talks to extract the best concessions possible.
Dairy at risk, China free trade deal updated
29-Sep-2015 NZ Herald
China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with New Zealand but scoring a major move in favour of NZ’s dairy exporters will be problematic.
Anti-TPP campaigners argue text ban is unlawful
28-Sep-2015 Radio New Zealand
A court has been told that the government’s refusal to release information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership is unlawful and constitutionally dangerous.
Gordon Campbell on TPP dairy , and investor-state disputes
28-Sep-2015 Scoop
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes
TPPA could empower rejected foreign investors in legal challenges
23-Sep-2015
Under a Trans Pacific Partnership deal, foreign investors in New Zealand could be able to take international legal action against a government decision such as that which rejected a Chinese company’s bid for Lochinver Station, says an Auckland Law School senior lecturer.
DHB backs off on TPP letter
20-Sep-2015
The Whanganui District Health Board has acknowledged a letter sent to Dr Chris Cresswell expressing concerns over his views on the Trans-Pacific Partnership was "inappropriate", the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says.
TPP protest arrest ’could cost doctor his job’
20-Sep-2015
A doctor who jumped on a car carrying the deputy prime minister during a TPP protest and had to be forcibly removed could lose his job.
Biz bodies urge quick parliamentary approval of FTAs
18-Sep-2015
More than 40 South Korean business bodies urged parliament Sunday to quickly approve free trade agreements with China, Vietnam and New Zealand to help prop up Seoul’s slumping exports.
TPP protesters arrested in Wellington
16-Sep-2015
A large group of protesters battling against the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal have been arrested for trespassing in Wellington this afternoon.
TPP protesters occupy Prime Minister’s office
9-Sep-2015 Radio New Zealand
A small group of protesters against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal briefly occupied the Prime Minister’s electoral office in Auckland this morning
EU weighs up possible trade deal with world No.1 dairy exporter
31-Aug-2015 Dairy Markets
The move, which would also include a possible trade deal with Australia, may be part of a new ‘communication’ on future EU trade policy, set to be published this autumn, reports Agra Europe’s Paul Hutchison.
Great footage of Auckland TPPA rally
24-Aug-2015 Facebook
By journalist Bryan Bruce
New Zealand: nationwide actions protest controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership
19-Aug-2015 FSRN
Thousands of protesters across New Zealand are ringing the alarm on the TPP, saying it is far from a standard trade agreement and could threaten the sovereignty of countries that sign it.
Potatoes seen ’potesting’
13-Aug-2015 Voxy
An angry mob of potatoes was seen protesting in New Zealand against the Trans Pacific Partnership.