Trade
The Green Party believes that fair, safe and environmentally sustainable trade is important for our standard of living and quality of life. Unfortunately, most trade in goods in the world today is not fair. Transnational corporations make huge profits; poor countries and poor people go deeper into debt and poverty. Nor is it sustainable - natural resources are plundered unsustainably, and unnecessary trade leads to rising carbon emissions and can spread pests and diseases around the globe.
Find out about our trade policy
What's New
Are Chinese spies monitoring Fonterra and New Zealanders?
03 Oct 2008New Zealanders will be disturbed to learn that China has been conducting a massive spying operation on the online phone service Skype, and that one of the trigger phrases is ‘milk powder’, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
The Geopolitics of Oil
A public talk by Keith Locke Green MP on the repercussions for New Zealand of the Mid-Eastern oil conflicts.
Toxics Policy
02 Oct 2008This toxics policy is about toxic chemicals and other toxic substances or compounds and their synthesis or extraction and concentration, use and disposal.
Drug flood threat lurks in Chinese trade deal: Greens
02 Oct 2008New Zealand’s burgeoning methamphetamine problem could worsen as more precursor ingredients enter the country because of our preferential trade deal with China, says the Green Party.
Chinese trade deal means more food safety concerns: Greens
30 Sep 2008Food safety concerns can only grow with the start of New Zealand’s preferential trade deal with China tomorrow, says the Green Party.
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says the official start of our trade agreement with China, on October 1, could also signal an increase in unsafe food products.
Trade Links
Thai Labour Campaign is a Thai run non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to promoting workers' rights in Thailand and increasing awareness of labour issues globally.
Sovereignty not for sale - Thai concerns about free trade on line.