TPP
Committee recommends TPP laws be passed
The select committee considering the Trans-Pacific Partnership legislation has recommended it be passed with minor amendments.
Asian trade deal may make medicine price rises easier - PHA
The Asian version of the TPP must not be allowed to make life-saving medicines more expensive in poor countries, the Public Health Association says.
Multi-trillion dollar trade deal raises concerns
A secret multi-trillion dollar trade deal is prompting questions about whether New Zealand would be signing away its right to make some laws.
TiSA talks raise fears NZ's sovereignty again under threat
As the fate of the Trans-Pacific-Partnership continues to dominate the headlines, negotiators from around the world, including NZ, are pushing ahead with plans for the Trade in Services Agreement to… Audio
NZ Ambassador to the US says no need for new approach to trade deals
New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States, Tim Groser, says there's no need for a dramatic new approach to trade deals just because of a political and public backlash against the TPP. The… Audio
Groser: NZ won't hang around if TPP fails in the US
The former trade minister, Tim Groser, says the United States risks letting China write the trade rules of the 21st century if it walks away from the Trans Pacific Partnership. Audio
Groser on TPP's US prospects
Analysis - Some commentators are pessmistic over TPP's prospects in the US but New Zealand's ambassador and former trade negotiator Tim Groser isn't one of them, writes Patrick O'Meara.
TPP stil has chance of passing
The chances of the United States passing the TPP trade deal this year should not be written off, despite signs it's all but dead. Audio
PM warns US could lose clout in Asia-Pacific if it doesn't ratify TPP
Prime Minister John Key is warning the United States could lose some of its political power in the Asia Pacific if it does not ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership. Jane Patterson reports. Audio
John Key warns US of risks in failing to ratify TPP
The United States could lose influence to China in the Asia-Pacific region if it fails to ratify the TPP, Prime Minister John Key has warned.
Prime Minister John Key travels to two major regional summits
Trade, security and climate change and a possible update on US progress on the TPP are on the Prime Minister John Key's agenda this week.
Former US trade official urges TPP concessions
Uncertainty about the future of the Trans Pacific Partnership has prompted a former American trade representative to urge the 12 countries involved to go back to the negotiating table.
Former US trade tzar says TPP needs to be re-opened
Clayton Yeutter, a former US trade representative is warning that the TPP agreement may have to be renegotiated if it's going to survive. Our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio
TPP trade deal struggling to survive
The Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal is hanging by a thread and may need to go back to the negotiating table to have any chance of survival. Audio
TPP clause 'not making copyright easy to understand'
The music industry wants to dump the new copyright provisions in the TPP, saying New Zealand is the only country to sign up to such cumbersome and costly rules.
Music industry wants TPP copyright phase in to be dropped
The music industry says the phase in period to extend copyright from 50 to 70 years under the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement is cumbersome and costly. Audio
TPP still has a lame duck chance
Former US ambassador Derek Shearer says there's still a chance the TPP will pass in December Audio
Clinton promises to oppose TPP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has strongly reiterated that she will not sign the Trans-Pacific-Partnership trade agreement if she becomes president.
Obama talks up TPP as Clinton, Trump cool on deal
Barack Obama and Singapore's Prime Minister have made sales pitches for the benefits of a Trans-Pacific trade deal, but the US election could throw the deal into doubt. Audio
TPP will pass 'just barely' in US - academic
The US is still likely to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite both presidential candidates saying they oppose the deal, a political academic says.
