By Bill Rosenberg There are vital constitutional and policy implications in the controversy over the Singapore free trade agreement (officially called a “Closer Economic Partnership”…
By Jane Kelsey Imagine the Government has announced a new law that would prohibit any future government from ever reintroducing tariffs on anything, while it…
By Bill Rosenberg Asia 2000 head, Tim Groser, described the Singapore free trade agreement as a Trojan Horse for what he called “the real negotiating…
Don’t talk about exports, by Bill Rosenberg A central feature of the Labour/Alliance government’s economic programme is its assistance to industry and regional development. However, agreements…
Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Overseas Investment Bill 2004 I have many concerns about the level of overseas investment in New…
The process which became the 2005 Overseas Investment Act comprised the cover story in every issue of Foreign Control Watchdog from 104 to 109 inclusive (December 2003…
The Prime Minister is to be congratulated for trying to do the decent thing by, in her words, “offering to lend a hand” with regards…
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