FTA Archive

  • Russel Norman

    FTAs and foreign ownership of land - by Russel Norman



    One of the unexplored issues of the foreign ownership of land debate is the impact of the free trade agreements on the ability to prevent foreign ownership of land. Basically the impact of the FTAs is that we can maintain our existing rules on foreign ownership, including ownership of land, but we cannot tighten the rules without breaching [...] read more
    August 3, 2010 8:44 pm - 9 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    FTAs costing Kiwi jobs - by Keith Locke



    When EPMU Secretary Andrew Little puts on his other hat, Labour Party president, I hope he will try to shift his party’s uncritical support for such free trade and investment agreements. They are not all about Fonterra getting more opportunities to export dairy products. read more
    April 15, 2010 10:48 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Trade agreement with China – the right to change our mind - by frog



    Scoop’s Election 08 site has just posted a detailed analysis of the Annex 13 investment rules in New Zealand’s preferential trade agreement with China.  In it US Professor and international trade law expert, Matthew Porterfield, suggests New Zealand might gone too far in its efforts to protect the rights of foreign investors: “The language of [...] read more
    April 28, 2008 4:57 pm - No Comments