i can't link to them because, um, none have occurred under the TPP rules because it hasn't been ratified yet, nor have any others occurred under other deals involving NZ.
It's just a line item in the 6000 pages along with hundreds of other tariff reductions. But are you saying your don't think the abolition of the tariff might help premium NZ ice cream manufacturers access the biggest ice cream market in the world?
That is just complete nonsense. Enjoy the protest tomorrow though.
No, that would be liking trying to quantify the benefits of, say, the EU, back in 1957. Or CER in 1983. The benefits always massively exceed those projected by economists models because those models don't (and obviously can't) take into account the gains ...
The comparison of ISDS with nuclear weapons is completely absurd.
You are right. The $2.7 billion is an annual figure - it's a permanent increase in GDP. So it is $27 billion per decade from 2030. It is certainly conservative compared with the counterfactual of deciding not to be part of TPP and it going ahead with the ...
It isn't true. ISDS provisions only apply to the investment chapter so the "overseas contractors" argument is entirely bogus. Also, ISDS tribunals are not secret: they must be open to the public. The TPP does not lock in current tariff barriers for dairy. ...
Yes, but that would be an issue with graduate (un)employment, not loans. It just doesn't make sense that, other things being equal, someone would leave NZ because they had a student loan.
It is counterintuitive that student debt would drive people offshore. If people go overseas they have to pay interest on their loans so it is better from that point of view to stay in NZ if people have student loans. Of course, they may set that aside and ...
From reports .... "Employment has been especially strong for 20- to 29-year-olds, with 26,800 more people employed in this age group over the year. "There were just over 23,000 more people employed in Auckland over the year, the largest rise coming from ...
You can read all about it here: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/LabourMarketStatistics_HOTPDec15qtr.aspx
You could be right. Everyone I know (who knows about this sort of thing) was saying those Treasury forecasts were heroic. So perhaps this is just a lag from the good growth in the September 15 quarter: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/economic_...
Unemployment falling towards 5%. http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/LabourMarketStatistics_HOTPDec15qtr.aspx
Yes, it seems to be. But it's not clear if institutions will be able to charge some fees above the voucher.
How does this improve the quality of education? I can accept it may have no effect (although I think it risks worsening quality). But how can it improve quality?
There's no attack. It's just a question. Do you know the answer? It makes all the difference in the world to the credibility of the policy.
Does anyone know if Labour plans to forbid tertiary institutions from charging any fees whatsoever? Or is the plan to just increase funding by an amount they think institutions would decide not to charge fees?
No. Separate issues.
Whole Saudi thing is utterly corrupt and hopefully the Auditor-General throws the book at the government shortly. The minister should be sacked.
Everyone knows what's in the TPP if they bother to look: https://tpp.mfat.govt.nz/text
"secret panel of unelected corporate lawyers" What on earth are you talking about? Go read the TPP text about how the ISDS process works.
Little is not really concerned about ISDS. If he was, he would be promising to renegotiate chapter 11 of the NZ-China FTA with the Chinesa, but he is not. And he is certainly not suggesting invoking the withdrawal procedures from the NZ-China FTA under ...
John Key never said that. He said it wouldn't be ratified before it had been debated by parliament. And we have seen the text for many months before it has been signed. Which is unusual: usually process is signed and then text released.
if he doesn't know what is in the TPP, that is almost worse than telling lies about it.
How about you bother to read the text all on your own.
The Euro Treaty really did involve a loss of sovereignty because it had no withdrawal provisions. It was designed to be irrevocable.
I think it has something to do with that allowing us to legislate for a ban would be seen as us making our laws more restrictive, whereas allowing us to maintain our current ability to have a stamp duty would at least be seen as maintaining current ...
The TPP includes the most significant environmental protections of any trade deal in the history of the world.
Of course he won't. But it is academic. He will never be prime minister. Labour's lurch to extreme left means it is now unelectable.
Rural land is covered by the OIO rules. The MFAT summary of this is: "Under TPP, the threshold above which an investor must get approval to invest in New Zealand will increase from $100 million to $200 million for investors from TPP Parties. No changes ...
It's an exception to the National Treatment rules Article 9.4. Go and read the text yourself.
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