trade

ISLANDS REVOLT OVER PACER

17 Feb 10

Countries say no negotiation until PACER adviser appointed; PIFS moves to counter disloyalty, dilly-dallying, lack of transparency allegations

Media - Pacific Trade Justice Speaking Tour Nov 2009

25 Nov 09

In November 2009, two leading campaigners for trade justice in the Pacific visited Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney to speak about the implications of PACER-Plus on Pacific Island economies and communities. See here for media coverage of the tour.

AID/WATCH Newsletter No.35

27 Oct 09

This edition (October 2009) focuses on the Pacific Islands. It features articles on the traditional economy in Vanuatu, customary land in Melanesia, land reform in Timor Leste, climate change adaptation funding, PACER Plus, and aid for trade.

click here to read the newsletter - 1.1 MB

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Pacific Trade Fact Sheets

10 Nov 09

This series of fact sheets, produced by the Australian Civil Society Network on Pacific Trade, provides information and analysis on a range of issues related to PACER Plus.

PACER-Plus trade agreement in the Pacific (Updated Nov 2009) - 28.31 KB

Trading away women's rights? (July 2009) - 69.32 KB

Health Services (July 2009) - 27.4 KB

PACER-Plus trade agreement in the Pacific (July 2009) - 27.59 KB

PICTA free trade agreement (July 2009) - 31.87 KB

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PACER-Plus Resources

11 Nov 09

PACER Plus is a proposed free trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and 14 Pacific Island countries, which will cover trade in goods, services and investment. PACER Plus will have major impacts on Pacific Island economies and communities, including significant losses in government revenue, undermining of public services, business closures and job losses. To find out more about PACER Plus and its potential implications on Pacific Islands, see below.

AID/WATCH Aid for trade and PACER-Plus fact sheet (Nov 2009) - 108.93 KB

AID/WATCH submission PACER Plus (Aug 2009) - 102.47 KB

Speaking Truth to Power (July 2009) - 390.12 KB

Pacific_Joint_Statement_2009_FTMM (June 2009) - 99.01 KB

MakingWavesPANGReport (2008) - 475.08 KB

A Peoples Guide to PACER ( Aug 2004) - 348.24 KB

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Take the pace out of PACER

28 Oct 09

Posted Friday, 23 October 2009 - Trade officials and Ministers have been meeting this week in Brisbane to hammer out a new trade agreement between the Pacific Island Countries, and Australia and New Zealand: PACER-Plus. But even before they started, these negotiations have been controversial.

Africa, Asia top food shortage risk list

09 Sep 09

September 8, 2009 - Most of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are facing extreme or high risk of food shortages, according to a ranking of 148 nations obtained by AFP.

NEWS: A more positive Pacific solution

08 Aug 09

That sinking feeling is very strong inside the palm-fringed shorelines of the Pacific islands, where about 4 million people are clustered. As well as rising sea levels, their slow-growing economies face being swamped by a projected doubling of populations in coming decades...

TAKE ACTION: Take the PACE out of PACER Plus

29 Jul 09

PACER Plus will have major impacts on Pacific island economies and communities, including significant losses in government revenue, undermining of public services, business closures and job losses. Make a submission now – Urge the Australian government not to start negotiations on PACER Plus until national consultations and thorough independent research has taken place in the Pacific Island countries.

A Pacific Development Burger with the Lot

20 Aug 08

Australia is using its attractive labour mobility scheme to lure Pacific island countries into a free trade agreement, and the consequences could be dire