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Shane Jones’ AirNZ demands would breach the TPPA
Friday, 23 March 2018, 9:59 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘Shane Jones has been an ardent supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). His latest interventions on Air New Zealand confirm my suspicions that he has no idea what restrictions it places on what New Zealand governments can do’, ... More >>
Capitulation in TPPA-11 raises fears of more to come
Saturday, 10 March 2018, 10:59 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘The so-called Joint Declaration on Inclusive and Progressive Trade, released by New Zealand, Canada and Chile alongside the signing of the resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA-11), comes across as a desperate attempt to put a gloss ... More >>
Open letter to Trade Minister David Parker from Jane Kelsey
Friday, 2 March 2018, 11:52 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
Thank you for your invitation to join you in Chile on 8th March, at my own expense, for the signing of the resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement that your own party in Opposition said was seriously flawed. More >>
US and Canada to drop ISDS from NAFTA. NZ should for TPPA
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 11:58 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
US and Canada to drop ISDS from NAFTA. NZ should insist on the same for TPPA-11 Canada and the US are set to agree on withdrawing the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism from the North American Free Trade Agreement ... More >>
TPPA-11 National Interest Analysis is recycled spin
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 5:03 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
TPPA-11 National Interest Analysis is recycled spin, Labour squanders opportunity for real change ‘The revised National Interest Analysis (NIA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement minus the US (TPPA-11), released today, layers new spin onto ... More >>
Will Labour let Waitangi Tribunal complete TPPA inquiry
Tuesday, 6 February 2018, 5:27 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
Will Labour let the Waitangi Tribunal complete the TPPA inquiry? Labour promised at Waitangi that it will be accountable to Maori. That promise faces a major test next week, as the Crown responds in the Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry on the Trans-Pacific ... More >>
Trump says US might rejoin if the TPPA gives it more
Friday, 26 January 2018, 11:15 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
Speaking to CBNC at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday, US President Trump reiterated his view that the original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was a “horrible deal”, but said “I would do TPP if we were able to make a substantially ... More >>
Labour/NZF must explain how Canada secured changes to TPPA
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:10 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
Overnight in Japan the remaining eleven governments have concluded the ‘revised’ but essentially unchanged Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA-11), now called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership. The signing ... More >>
NZ On the Wrong Side at WTO Ministerial Meeting in Argentina
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 10:20 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
NZ On the Wrong Side of the Only Outcomes From WTO Ministerial Meeting in Argentina More >>
Gender ‘pinkwashing’ at the WTO bodes ill
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 8:30 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘“Inclusion” is the buzzword on the lips of trade ministers at this week’s World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, as they seek to rescue an international regime and its peak organization from a deepening crisis ... More >>
Why is Labour supporting investment rules in WTO?
Monday, 11 December 2017, 1:33 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
If Labour wants to ‘tame globalised capital’ why is it supporting investment rules in WTO? More >>
Parker asked to intervene as WTO cancels NGO registrations
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 3:26 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘I’ve written to Trade Minister David Parker this morning asking him to intervene urgently over the sudden and bizarre de-registration of representatives of prominent NGOs who had been accredited to attend the World Trade Organization ministerial conference ... More >>
First Test of ISDS in Future Deals @ Tomorrow’s RCEP Meeting
Monday, 13 November 2017, 10:59 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
Tomorrow’s RCEP Meeting the First Test for Labour & NZ First on ISDS in Future Deals More >>
Labour’s TPPA-11 spin omits inconvenient details
Sunday, 12 November 2017, 11:13 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
Labour’s TPPA-11 spin omits inconvenient details ‘Having agreed to the National government’s original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, with some aspects suspended pending a possible US re-entry, the new government has begun to spin its achievements, ... More >>
Time for consultation and review
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 3:58 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey is ‘disappointed, but not surprised’ that the Labour government has endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, with the suspension of a limited range of items, at the ministerial and leaders’ ... More >>
Japan’s brinkmanship, claims TPPA deal
Friday, 10 November 2017, 8:31 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘The worst kind of brinkmanship is evident in Japan’s determination to salvage the US-driven Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and its own political capital as leaders prepare to meet in Da Nang, Vietnam today’, said University of Auckland ... More >>
Labour risks being bulldozed on TPPA-11
Monday, 30 October 2017, 4:56 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
Labour risks being bulldozed on TPPA-11, ignoring own view that the deal lacks merit ‘There is an imminent risk that trade ministry officials and the agriculture lobby will bulldoze of the new Labour-led government into taking a position on the Trans-Pacific ... More >>
Labour must address its own criticism of TPPA
Sunday, 22 October 2017, 3:19 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
Labour must address its own criticism that the TPPA lacks evidence of benefits to NZ ‘Before the new government can decide its position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), including whether it would genuinely boost exports and provide ... More >>
New Government’s TPPA Problems Start Next Week
Friday, 20 October 2017, 12:24 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘The new government of Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens will have to move fast if they are going to influence the outcomes of trade and investment agreements being negotiated under the National government’s mandate, and which they all, in ... More >>
Will McClay Pre-Empt Labour on Foreign-Owned Property?
Monday, 11 September 2017, 8:36 am | Professor Jane Kelsey
The announcement by Labour leader Jacinda Ardern that a Labour government would move in the first 100 days to restrict foreign ownership of residential property raises the stakes for this month’s proposed meeting in Japan of eleven remaining countries ... More >>
