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Finish an ambitious TPP in 2013 say business leaders
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:47 pm | NZUS Council
4 September 2012 Finish an ambitious TPP in 2013, say Asia Pacific business leaders On the eve of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be in held in Vladivostok, Russia, business organisations from around the APEC region have once again joined ... More >>
NZUS Council welcomes Canada to TPP negotiations
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 2:10 pm | NZUS Council
The announcement that Canada is joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations shows that progress is being made in building an open and inclusive agreement, said the NZUS Council. More >>
NZUS Council welcomes Mexico to TPP negotiations
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 10:59 am | NZUS Council
The announcement that Mexico is joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is another step towards achieving precisely what was first envisioned – a free trade area of Asia and the Pacific, said the NZUS Council. More >>
Trans Pacific Partnership: $2.1b boost to NZ economy by 2025
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 9:48 am | NZUS Council
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) could deliver substantial gains to the New Zealand economy, delegates will be told at the NZ US Council’s 10th Anniversary Conference in Auckland tomorrow. More >>
US Involvement In Military Training Exercise Welcomed
Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 3:21 pm | NZUS Council
11 April 2012 US Involvement In Military Training Exercise Welcomed The announcement that the United States military will take part in a training exercise in New Zealand has been warmly welcomed by the NZ US Council. “This positive development shows ... More >>
NZ US Council at Melbourne TPP Negotiations
Friday, 2 March 2012, 8:58 am | NZUS Council
The NZ US Council will be represented at the eleventh round of negotiations to expand the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) being held in Melbourne next week. “Since the broad outlines of TPP were released at APEC in Honolulu last November negotiators ... More >>
APAC IV and APEC Leaders Week
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 9:56 am | NZUS Council
Government and business leaders from APEC's 21 economies will gather in Honolulu this week to discuss the future sustainable growth of the Asia Pacific region. More >>
New Zealand Business at APEC Honolulu
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 3:35 pm | NZUS Council
New Zealand business will be strongly represented at next week’s APEC meetings in Honolulu, the NZ US Council and the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) said today. "Government and business leaders from APEC’s 21 economies will gather in ... More >>
NZ US Council At Chicargo TPP Negotiations
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 11:10 am | NZUS Council
The NZ US Council will be represented at the eighth round of negotiations to expand the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Chicago next week. More >>
Little Risk to New Zealand Tobacco Regulations from TPP
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 3:45 pm | NZUS Council
Suggestions that New Zealand’s health policy could be undermined by free trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership are overblown, says the NZ US Council. “New Zealand’s trade and investment agreements uphold the right to take actions ... More >>
Work Continues to Build Even Stronger US/NZ Relationship
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 3:28 pm | NZUS Council
The US NZ Council in Washington and the NZ US Council in Auckland have unveiled a joint plan to guide their co-operation over the next three years. At the Annual Meeting of the US NZ Council held in Washington DC on May 17, the two Councils agreed a Joint ... More >>
TPP to Enhance Sovereignty
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 5:21 pm | NZUS Council
A successful outcome to the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations should enhance NZ’s economic sovereignty. NZ US Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi said that TPP will “give smaller countries the protection of the rule of law.” More >>
Major study offers steps for special partnership with US
Monday, 21 February 2011, 12:32 pm | NZUS Council
21 February 2011 MEDIA RELEASE Major study offers steps for special partnership with the United States An in-depth study into the relationship between New Zealand and the United States has deemed the two countries “natural Pacific Partners”, ... More >>
Top US Government Presence at NZUS Forum
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 2:03 pm | NZUS Council
The presence of senior US Administration, Congress and major corporate representatives underlines the significance of next week’s United States New Zealand Partnership Forum in Christchurch. More >>
Best and Brightest Set to Examine our Future with the US
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 3:36 pm | NZUS Council
The next generation of leaders from New Zealand and the United States will gather in Christchurch 20-22 February to cast fresh thinking on the way the relationship between the two countries could develop in the future. More >>
TPP Investment Concerns Unfounded
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:36 pm | NZUS Council
Concerns that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will result in the New Zealand Government being successfully sued by international corporations are unfounded and incorrect, says the NZ US Council. More >>
NZ US Council at Auckland TPP Negotiations
Friday, 3 December 2010, 12:42 pm | NZUS Council
The NZ US Council will be represented at the fourth round of negotiations to expand the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Auckland next week. “TPP is an ambitious undertaking between nine participating economies aimed at establishing a new pathway ... More >>
Fourth US NZ Partnership Forum to Be Held in Chch
Monday, 24 May 2010, 12:35 pm | NZUS Council
Christchurch will host United States and New Zealand government, business and community leaders at the fourth US NZ Partnership Forum, to be held 20-22 February 2011. More >>
Fourth US NZ Partnership Forum to Be Held
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 11:04 am | NZUS Council
Christchurch will host United States and New Zealand government, business and community leaders at the fourth US NZ Partnership Forum, to be held 20-22 February 2011. More >>
NZ US Council Congratulates John Mullen Onzm
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 3:57 pm | NZUS Council
The NZ US Council today congratulated the President of the US NZ Council, John Mullen, who is to receive an honorary ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) from the Prime Minister, Hon John Key, in a ceremony in Washington DC today. More >>