SouthernLink is a big, bold idea we need to help double export value. It’s a concept that is gaining traction but needs more advocacy, writes Stephen Jacobi.
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...
Trade Promotion Authority – so far so good
Remove After weeks of political and procedural wrangling the United States Senate has finally approved (22 May) a bipartisan bill authorising the President to conduct trade negotiations and complete the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as the Trans Atlantic...
Trade debate takes off in US – and NZ!
Remove On a rare day in Washington recently it looked as though the Congress and Administration could finally agree on something. Congressional leaders from both sides released for discussion a draft ‘fast track’ trade bill to authorise the President to conduct and...
Thank you Mr President – but no one country makes trade rules
Remove In his 2015 State of the Union address President Obama has at last thrown the weight of his office behind the trade agenda in asking Congress to grant him Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). This is seen as an essential pre-condition to the conclusion of TPP, but...
