Tag: Pacific trade
‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’, says Māori Pati critic of...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to...
Yamin Kogoya: Why Indonesian trade expo deception won’t win Pacific hearts...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya in Auckland
More than 50 years of "torture" has been inflicted on the Papuan people by the Indonesian government. With the...
Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...
ANALYSIS: By Joey Tau in Suva
Vanuatu is the latest Melanesian state to express reservations on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) agreement...
Barry Coates: PACER Plus – how the Pacific Way is being...
ANALYSIS: By Barry Coates
A new trade agreement has been concluded between some of the Pacific island nations and their richer neighbours -- Australia and...
PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu...
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Some eight years of negotiations on the legal texts have gone into deciding what the Pacific free trade agreement...
Two NZ media groups initiate closer ties with Fiji
A new platform to bring together entrepreneurs engaged or planning to engage in industrial, commercial and investment activities in Fiji has been created in...
Fiji may change mind over PACER Plus if labour mobility issues...
By Tevita Vuibau in Suva
Fiji may just change its mind and agree to the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus -- contrary...