Crown Law defends Groser's inaction on TPP OIA request
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The Crown Law Office faced questions in the Wellington High Court from a judge keen to understand why Trade Minister Tim Groser dismissed an Official Information Act request for the confidential texts of Trans-Pacific Partnership t...
TPP activists claim refusal to release negotiating texts 'unlawful'
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Ministers can't make blanket refusals to release documents under the Official Information Act without reviewing them first or by arguing the only information that could be made public would be “anodyne”, the High Court at Wellingto...
Signs of movement on dairy as TPP negotiators meet in Atlanta
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - News media in the US and Canada are reporting signs of a deal coming together on access for dairy products into North America as trade ministers gather in Atlanta, Georgia, for the latest round of talks attempting to conclude the T...
Economics of Tiwai Point smelter going backwards
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 25 (BusinessDesk) - A "startling" slump in the price of aluminium on global markets is more than offsetting a 20 percent fall in the New Zealand dollar against the greenback, pushing the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter into negative cashflow, according...
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