Pacific Island organisations call for more time to assess PACER-plus
7 June 2017: Pacific Island organisation PANG has called for more time to be given to civil society organisations and the private sector to assess the proposed PACER-Plus trade deal, with the full text...
View ArticleVanuatu won’t sign Pacer Plus
9 June 2017: Vanuatu has pulled out of signing PACER-plus on June 14 in Tonga, wanting more time to assess its impacts before making a final decision.
View ArticlePacific Island Seasonal Worker Program needs stronger union role
August 16, 2017: So far the Seasonal Worker Programs for Pacific Island and Timor-Leste workers in Australia have been kept separate from trade agreements like PACER-Plus. Trade agreements are rigid...
View ArticleDevelopment, not PACER-Plus
September 6, 2017: Adam Wolfenden from the Pacific Network on Globalisation has written an excellent opinion piece questioning why PACER-Plus is so high on the priority agenda at the annual Pacific...
View ArticlePACER-Plus barely mentioned at Pacific Island Forum Meeting
September 10, 2017: Vanuatu signed PACER-plus at the Pacific island forum meeting of leaders in Apia. Samoa. PNG and Fiji , the two largest PI economics, have still not signed. The leaders statement...
View ArticlePACER Plus or PACER minus? AFTINET interview with Dateline Pacific
October 5, 2017: Is PACER Plus agreement a good deal for all parties? And why didn't Fiji and PNG sign it? AFTINET recently spoke to Dateline Pacific about the implications of the deal, and whether it...
View ArticlePACER Plus: debate about Tonga’s signing could mean even more PACER-Minus
April 9, 2018: On Sunday April 8, the Kingdom of Tonga’s Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, threw more doubt over Tonga’s signature on the PACER-Plus free trade agreement when answering a direct question...
View ArticlePacific Island trade deal diminished without PNG and Fiji and could cause...
Media Release, May 9, 2018: “The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Report on the PACER Plus trade deal between Australia New Zealand and nine Pacific Island countries admits that the absence of...
View ArticleBusiness journalist says JSCOT report a critique of PACER-Plus
17 May 2018: Business journalist Nic Maclellan has analysed the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) report into the PACER-Plus trade deal on Devpolicy blog. He writes, “although the committee...
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New studies show negative impacts from Pacific Island trade deal (PACER Plus)...
5 November 2018: Chatham House has published an article by research fellow Cleo Paskal which argues that PACER Plus mainly benefits Australia and New Zealand, and could damage their relationships in...
View ArticlePacific Islands burdened by unfair PACER-Plus Trade Deal say Pacific...
February 27, 2020: The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are taking on disproportionate binding commitments in exchange for false promises of benefits from the regional free trade deal known as...
View ArticleMedia Release: Four new Parliamentary inquiries show Australian trade policy...
March 5, 2020: AFTINET Media Release - Four new Parliamentary inquiries show Australian trade policy failing in the Pacific
View ArticleAFTINET submission on Pacific Island trade urges government to acknowledge...
March 23, 2020: The AFTINET submission to the government inquiry on trade relationships with the Pacific Islands recommends that the Australian government cease trying to promote Pacer Plus in its...
View ArticleAustralia needs to step up medical aid for Pacific Island nations
April 2, 2020: Australia’s policy to the Pacific Island nations has been erratic over the last decade. The focus from 2009 was to impose the PACER-Plus free trade agreement onto the region....
View ArticlePACER-Plus will not deliver claimed benefits and could cause harm, say critics
November 3, 2020: The controversial PACER-Plus trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and initially 14 Pacific Island countries will come into force for only eight countries in December.
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