Canada no-show throws TPP's future into doubt
By Pattrick Smellie in Da Nang Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed to turn up to a crucial meeting of leaders of the 11 leaders of countries still signed up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in Da Nang, Viet Nam, throwing into serious dou...
Last minute glitch hits TPP deal
By Pattrick Smellie in Da Nang Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - An unnamed Asian member of the so-called TPP-11 has thrown a spanner in the works of 11th-hour negotiations on the future of the controversial Pacific Rim trade and investment deal. Trade and Export Growth Minister Dav...
Ardern lays ground for defeat on TPP investor dispute clauses
By Pattrick Smellie in Da Nang Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Vietnam last night for talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership today, warning again that New Zealand had "come in very late" with its objections to investor state dispute settlement...
Mercury NZ takes a crack at networks' threat to 'energy freedom'
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Mercury NZ chief executive Fraser Whineray has lashed out at electricity network monopolies, owners of the wires that deliver power to consumers, saying they represent a threat to people's "energy freedom". His comments to the NZX...
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