Tag: TPP
9/11 killed it, but 20 years on global justice movement is...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney
Since the attacks on the United States by 15 Saudi Arabian Islamic fanatics on 11 September 2001 -- now...
Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent
OPINION: By Murray Horton, of the Aotearoa Independence Movement
Jacinda Ardern, we have some suggestions for when you go as New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister...
Jane Kelsey: Labour and the TPPA – time to come clean...
ANALYSIS: By Professor Jane Kelsey
It is now certain that any decisions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the US will...
Indonesia proposes ‘ASEAN-Pacific axis’ alternative to TPP and Chinese initiative
By Haeril Halim
Indonesia has proposed the setting up of a new trade bloc that could counterbalance the dominance of the United States and China.
The...
TPPA prevents action on climate change, claim critics
Does the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership "free trade" agreement between Pacific Rim nations fail to address “the most important issue of our time”? Dominic Pink...
Josie Butler: TPPA ‘roadshow’ facade – it’s really a ‘rogue show’
By Josie Butler
This week marks the beginning of the New Zealand government’s national roadshow on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a roadshow that...
Mediawatch: Waitangi coverage – all squeak, no Māori analysis
Protests against the Trans Pacific Partnership at Waitangi were reported around the world last week after nurse Julie Butler threw a squeaky penis-shaped toy...
Anti-TPP ‘death to democracy’ protests in Latin America … and NZ
Thousands of protesters in Chile and Peru - as well as in New Zealand - protested against the signing of the controversial Trans Pacific...
Bill Rosenberg: TPP wrong path – a nuclear-free moment
OPINION: By Bill Rosenberg
Politicians, journalists and commentators who cannot understand why the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement marks the end of bipartisan support for similar...
Lesson is to protect mana, integrity, Henare tells Ngapuhi
Labour MP Peeni Henare says Ngapuhi have allowed the mana of Te Tii Marae to be "dragged through the mud" with the way they...
‘The biggest protest this country has seen in years’ – Germans...
Zero Hedge
By Tyler Durdan, a blog commentary written after the anti-TTIP protests in Berlin last October when more than 250,000 people demonstrated.
FLASHBACK: When it...
TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade...
Pacific Media Centre
More than 35 protests were organised in US cities to mark opposition to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a huge international...
Jane Kelsey: All pain, no gain – why not a TPP-free...
Pacific Media Centre
OPINION: By Professor Jane Kelsey
In New Zealand, we dared to declare ourselves nuclear-free in the 1980s - dire warnings that ditching the...
Controversial TPP pact signed amid huge Auckland protest
One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history has been signed by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as...
PM Key needs to answer for his actions, says Harawira
Radio Waatea
Mana leader Hone Harawira says Prime Minister John Key has deliberately set the stage for protest at Waitangi.
The former Te Taitokerau MP, who...
Protesters peacefully blockade central Auckland as ministers sign TPPA
Pacific Media Centre
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has been signed at Sky City in Auckland today as the downtown heart of New Zealand's largest...