New Zealand's Trade Minister Admits They Keep TPP Documents Secret To Avoid 'Public Debate'

in legal on 2014-11-02 11:47 (#2TVS)

New Zealand's current Trade Minister, Tim Groser, has admitted that the TPP is being negotiated in private to exclude public debate which may result in the backroom trade agreement failing. Conversely, if there is no public debate then the TPP will inflict new laws on the bound countries bypassing democratic process.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141030/16291028989/new-zealands-trade-minister-admits-

Not tech (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-11-02 19:51 (#2TW0)

Interesting article, but not germane to |. I'm afraid.

I've taken the liberty of posting it to the dictator.* hierarchy though (sadly, the d.asia newsgroup since there are too few oceania posts to make a dedicated group worth it). Read it on Usenet or at http://forum.dictatorshandbook.net