Goff warns US on TPP expectations, cuddles China

Goff warns US on TPP expectations, cuddles China
By Pattrick Smellie July 24 (BusinessDesk) - A Labour-led government would not allow the United States to dictate terms on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreements or allow the US to use the agreement as a pretext for containing "China's economic advance." In a significant speech to the Asia Forum in Wellington, Goff claims New Zealand Labour government heritage for the TPP initiative, which has recently attracted participation from the US, Canada, and Mexico trade bloc, otherwise known as NAFTA, along with Japan. The former leade...