Comments on: WTO still secretly pushing toxic derivatives http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: tomfarmer http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/#comment-98547 tomfarmer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:18:27 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8249#comment-98547 small further point arising.. should a nation's trade negotiators (ie NZ) being promoting trade deals in order to solely advance the SERVICES sector then, since derivatives have been the darlings of financial markets(ie services), a good deal more clarity would be beneficial.. Illustration: why are enzed so very keen to push trade bilaterals (as mentioned above contemporary WTO alignments have been assumed) with whatever 'asian' economies they can.? Are they not otherwise aware of a likely China capital fall off..

small further point arising.. should a nation’s trade negotiators (ie NZ) being promoting trade deals in order to solely advance the SERVICES sector then, since derivatives have been the darlings of financial markets(ie services), a good deal more clarity would be beneficial..

Illustration: why are enzed so very keen to push trade bilaterals (as mentioned above contemporary WTO alignments have been assumed) with whatever ‘asian’ economies they can.? Are they not otherwise aware of a likely China capital fall off..

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]]> By: katie http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/#comment-98541 katie Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:45:35 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8249#comment-98541 Thanks for posting, Frog. Way to celebrate 10 years of independant media reporting :-)

Thanks for posting, Frog.

Way to celebrate 10 years of independant media reporting :-)

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]]> By: icehawk http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/#comment-98507 icehawk Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:45:40 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8249#comment-98507 God this interviewer Pascal is depressingly uninformed. Could those who don't know what derivatives are please stop calling them "toxic" and "evil"? Especially those who live in a trading nation like New Zealand?

God this interviewer Pascal is depressingly uninformed.

Could those who don’t know what derivatives are please stop calling them “toxic” and “evil”? Especially those who live in a trading nation like New Zealand?

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]]> By: tomfarmer http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/#comment-98480 tomfarmer Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:49:58 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8249#comment-98480 oops! missed the word 'think' after I in the brackets, final par. Don't blame me, blame the affine—it is an utter dataswine and I can't get out of it.. that is until it' s entirely run through..

oops! missed the word ‘think’ after I in the brackets, final par.

Don’t blame me, blame the affine—it is an utter dataswine and I can’t get out of it.. that is until it’ s entirely run through..

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]]> By: tomfarmer http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/07/wto-still-secretly-pushing-toxic-derivatives/#comment-98477 tomfarmer Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:42:21 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8249#comment-98477 From what I could read on this Lamy loses Palast on assertions alone..Which invites several questions, not least:— 1. what derivatives is lamy referring to.. OTC or private?? 2. what does "toxic" - he does iterate this word a lot - mean to Palast..? In regard to the first (1) we should properly want to know whether the WTO promotion of derivative products that, presumably, aid "interdependence" is corporate good/s or individual good/s. In regard to the second (2) what can palast add to calls for regulation..? For myself I'd ask just why and for whose benefit certain futures tradeables - minerals, energy, foodstuffS(I this latest has been added) are deemed regulation free. The toxic-to-daily-and-staple-activities-worldwide ramifications - ie speculative pricings etc - are known. Given the back record why are 'regulators' allowing them dictate their own regulatary and trading standards..?

From what I could read on this Lamy loses Palast on assertions alone..Which invites several questions, not least:—
1. what derivatives is lamy referring to.. OTC or private??
2. what does “toxic” – he does iterate this word a lot – mean to Palast..?

In regard to the first (1) we should properly want to know whether the WTO promotion of derivative products that, presumably, aid “interdependence” is corporate good/s or individual good/s.

In regard to the second (2) what can palast add to calls for regulation..?

For myself I’d ask just why and for whose benefit certain futures tradeables – minerals, energy, foodstuffS(I this latest has been added) are deemed regulation free. The toxic-to-daily-and-staple-activities-worldwide ramifications – ie speculative pricings etc – are known. Given the back record why are ‘regulators’ allowing them dictate their own regulatary and trading standards..?

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