Trade

The essence of this policy is based on the 7 principles of the Awareness Party.

  • The Awareness Party acknowledges the damage that the global economy has inflicted on smaller economies, and also the difficulty of reversing the situation.
  • We have major concerns over the implications of the The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a “free trade” currently under negotiation between NZ and 8 other countries, including the U.S. The countries want to complete negotiation by the end of 2011.

Trade is only a minor part of the agreement. That’s just a clever branding exercise. A TPPA would be an agreement that guarantees special rights to foreign investors.  If these negotiations succeed they will create a mega-treaty across 9 countries that will put a straight jacket around what policies and laws our governments can adopt for the next century – think GM labelling, foreign investment laws, price of medicines, regulating dodgy finance firms, NZ content on TV etc.