It’s been a busy but tough year for trade. Read our end-of-year roundup by Executive Director Stephen Jacobi.
TPP: Slow and steady in Viña del Mar
Remove Progress among the ‘TPP-11’ was more tortoise than hare at a recent meeting in Chile attended by Trade Minister Todd McClay, along with fellow Ministers and senior officials, but included an important affirmation of ongoing support for regional economic...
Making sense of the TPP end game
Remove There’s an old Peggy Lee song – “If that’s all there is, then let’s keep dancin’”. That essentially was how the TPP negotiations ended up in Maui. The deal on the table was insufficient so Ministers decided to keep on talking. How did this happen? Going into...
TPP – game on !
Remove Now that the US Congress has finally given President Obama his much longed for fast track trade promotion authority, negotiators can get back to the complex task of completing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). New Zealand can claim a share of TPP’s...
Of leaks and TPP conspiracy
Remove The leak of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) text on transparency for pharmaceutical purchasing agencies shows many things, but one thing above all – the United States and the US pharmaceutical industry is not getting its own way in this negotiation. Previous...
