Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Pacific Network on Globalisation for InfoPages here.
Pacific Network on Globalisation - Latest News [Page 1]
What Can The Pacific Learn From The EU Parliament Vote Against Norway’s Decision To Advance Deep-sea Mining
Monday, 26 February 2024, 5:50 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
By Maureen Penjueli 26th February, 2024 On February the 7th, the European Union (EU) Parliament voted against Norway’s recent decision to advance deep-sea mining in the Arctic by reaffirming its moratorium position and called for the European ... More >>
Pacific Representatives Call On New Zealand To Support Global Moratorium On Deep Seabed Mining
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 5:14 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Pacific representatives today called on the New Zealand Government to urgently support an international moratorium on deep seabed mining. Joey Tau, Fiji-based Deputy Coordinator of the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and the Pacific Blue Line is calling ... More >>
Pacific Collective Oppose Japanese Government Utility Company’s Plans To Dump Radioactive Waste In The Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 6:30 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Collective on Nuclear Issues [1] (the Collective) representing Pacific civil society organisations (CSOs) strongly opposes the plans of the Japanese Government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) to discharge 1.28 million ... More >>
Referendum 'Unjust And Unfair' For Indigenous People Of Kanaky
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 6:29 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The French Government’s decision to proceed with the third and final referendum vote for self-determination in Kanaky/New Caledonia was unjust and unfair for the Indigenous People of Kanaky. This process has been unjust, culturally insensitive, ... More >>
Pacific NGOs And Movements Call On France To Defer Referendum Vote To 2022
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 5:50 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
On behalf of a coalition of Pacific civil society organisations (CSO) and movement leaders, we call on the French Government to postpone the third independence referendum in Kanaky/New Caledonia, which was “hastily” announced to go ahead on the 12th ... More >>
Resetting Towards An Economics Of Solidarity
Friday, 19 June 2020, 10:16 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The COVID19 pandemic has upended economies the world over, while there is financial pain there is also an opportunity for the reorganisation of national and global economics. Fiji's economic fault lines have been exposed under the pressures of COVID-19, exposing ... More >>
PACP- EU Fish Trade deals threatened by global trade talks
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 11:41 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) risk overriding one of the key benefits from a trade deal with the European Union, claims the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). Speaking this week at the annual ... More >>
Pacific Economic Ministers cautioned on NZ's PACER-Plus view
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 1:19 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has cautioned Pacific Economic Ministers about the comments by New Zealand Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, Fletcher Tabuteau in regards to the flexibilities for Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in the regional ... More >>
Civil Society Calls for Delay to PACER-Plus Signing
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 10:21 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Over 30 groups and 449 individuals from the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand have called for a halt to the signing of the regional trade deal, known as PACER-Plus, until there has been proper time to assess its impacts and time to properly consult ... More >>
Pacific Civil Society calls for no deal on PACER-Plus
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 12:10 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Pacific Trade Ministers have today been presented with a civil society petition calling for them to make no conclusion of the PACER-Plus talks until all the texts have been released and there has been a fully-funded, independent and comprehensive social ... More >>
New brief says Regional trade agreement bad for business
Friday, 4 December 2015, 11:37 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
A new briefing paper released today states that Pacific businesses will pay too high a price from the current proposals in the regional trade agreement, known as PACER-Plus. The paper, released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), details the dangers ... More >>
Australian Aid for Australian Trade
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 12:50 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The recently released Australian foreign aid policy claims to be heralding a new paradigm of aid delivery. This new paradigm will see the 'Aid-for-Trade' component increase from 12.5% to at least 20% of the aid budget by 2020 in an effort to encourage ... More >>
West Papua: no-one’s colony
Friday, 23 May 2014, 4:17 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
By Online Editor 5:13 pm GMT+12, 20/05/2014, Fiji Commentary from the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) More >>
World Trade Agreement hailed as a success fails the Pacific
Monday, 9 December 2013, 10:12 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The outcome from this week’s meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) does little for its Pacific members and the most vulnerable argues the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The week of intense negotiations, largely focussed on policies ... More >>
PANG calls on Pacific WTO members to honour statement
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 3:39 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is calling on Pacific members of the World Trade Organisation to honour the previous statement by the Director General and not let this weeks Ministerial become a negotiation on the current issues. More >>
Ministers Urged Caution on Services and Investment
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 6:42 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Trade Ministers from the Pacific Island Countries have been cautioned over the dangers of liberalising trade in services and investment. Ministers are considering such a proposal under the current meeting on the regional free trade agreement known as ... More >>
Pacific trade needs structural change, not NZ as WTO head
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 11:48 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
::For Immediate Release:: 13/2/2013 Pacific trade needs structural change, not NZ as WTO head More >>
Food Sovereignty must not be undermined by free trade talks
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 11:39 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Ahead of today's meeting of trade officials in Samoa, NGOs and academics are warning of the dangers that trade agreements pose to Pacific food sovereignty. More >>
WTO Not Bringing Benefits Warn Tongans: Documentary
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 3:59 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The reality of being members of the World Trade Organization is not as promising as Tongans were led to believe. More >>
Economics of seabed mining don't add up for Pacific islands
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 3:49 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
There is no economic, social or environmental argument that justifies Pacific island nations rushing into experimental seabed mining say two of the regions leading NGOs. More >>
