ISDS Case Map
New Zealand
New Zealand appears to have joined a mysterious "regional initiative" at the request of the United States, but the matter is being kept under wraps.
China stands ready to work with New Zealand to advance their talks on upgrading a bilateral free trade agreement, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.
"[New Zealand's] new government has begun to spin its achievements, while omitting some inconvenient details", says law professor Jane Kelsey.
New Zealand's new Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is on the record as stating that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) must not be a part of any future trade agreements signed by New Zealand.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says securing a free trade agreement with the European Union is "top of our agenda" - and much higher than getting a deal with Russia across the line.
The Government is enlisting its ambassadors in a last-minute bid to win changes to the TPP’s controversial investment clauses, Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker says.
The talks aim to confirm Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore’s status of “associate members” to the Latin American trading coalition.
The Commission is currently gearing up to begin negotiating separate deals with Australia and New Zealand.
Nearly 6,000 people have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urging her to put people and planet first in the upcoming TPPA negotiations in Vietnam.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to effectively ban foreign buyers of existing residential property but says the prohibition doesn't put New Zealand at odds with the slimmed down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.
