The Environment Under TPPA Governance
Close scrutiny of the final Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA) text reveals that its impact on the environment is even worse than had been expected from leaked drafts.
A new
The Environment a Significant Casualty Under TPPA
Close scrutiny of the final TPPA text reveals that its impact on the environment is even worse than had been expected from leaked drafts.
A new paper, prepared by …
Do Costs from the TPP Outweigh Gains?
Opinion Article, Dominion Post
By Simon Terry, Executive Director, Sustainability Council
The Trans-Pacific Partnership covers a lot of non-trade matters, so why is there a reluctance to discuss the overall balance …
Open Letter to the Employers and Manufacturers Association
Kim Campbell
Chief Executive
Employers and Manufacturers Association
Dear Kim
This open letter is in response to your media statement of 5 February criticising the Sustainability Council’s analysis of a Peterson …
Environment is one of the TPP’s Biggest Casualties
Wikileaks’ latest disclosure of Trans Pacific Partnership documents underscores how weak the environmental measures are, and that the environment is a major casualty under the agreement.
The leaked environment chapter …
Right to Sue Under Trade Deal is Pernicious and Unnecessary
Some things should not be traded. When it comes to deals about trade, governments should not give foreign investors the right to sue them in offshore tribunals.
Yet the US …
GM Trojan Horses
The US plans to get other countries to bring their GM food laws into line with its own and New Zealand needs to make clear its protections are non-negotiable. …
The TPP: No Partnership with the Environment
The environment will be a major loser under terms put forward for the latest free trade deal
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed arrangement between New Zealand, the US …
TPP Negotiators on Notice to Protect the Environment—Poll
An opinion poll shows a clear majority of New Zealanders reject the concept of foreign investors having any ability to sue the government offshore if is sets stronger environmental …
