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.

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What's New

ASEAN Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Bill - second reading

18 Jun 2009

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KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will be voting against this bill. I thank other members for their comments.

Patents Bill First Reading Speech - Kevin Hague

05 May 2009

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Patent law has been an important area of law that was long overdue for an overhaul. As such, the Bill has quite a number of helpful developments embedded within it. However, given that the review has been so wide-ranging and so overdue, it is a great shame that the Government has not seen fit to unpick the fundamental ideas underpinning patent law.

FairTrade Fortnight has begun! Protect the Environment through Fair Trade

04 May 2009

Fair Trade fortnight has begun, so get out there and support international trade that is based on dialogue, transparency and respect and that seeks greater equity. The theme for 2009 is Protecting the environment through fair trade

Dr kennedy Graham ASEAN - Australia NZ Free Trade Area Bill 1st Reading

01 May 2009

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Dr Kennedy Graham's First Reading speech in Parliament on the ASEAN - Australia NZ Free Trade Area Bill.

Catherine Delahunty on the good wood

30 Apr 2009

The planet's last great forests — our tropical rainforests — are threatened by illegal and unsustainable logging. Much of the wood coming into New Zealand comes from these same forests making us complicit in this crime. But there are alternatives. You can buy good wood. Green MP Catherine Delahunty discusses her first Member's Bill, the Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill — a bill that will require all wood coming into New Zealand to be certified sustainable. Her Bill is all about the good wood.