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CAFCA views, analyses, research All are documents in Word format unless otherwise stated Submissions by CAFCACAFCA submission and other material on the Overseas Investment Bill 2005 This replaced the long-existing Overseas Investment Act 1973, with many significant changes, most for the worse, a few for the better. CAFCA submission on the International Treaties Bill The International Treaties Bill was introduced by Keith Locke MP, and
followed a series of similar proposed bills brought forward by other MPs. Its
objective is to improve the process of public information and consultation on
international agreements (such as trade agreements), and to make them subject
to Parliamentary approval before they are signed and ratified. Currently
there are no such rules for consultation, and the Cabinet has power to
approve such agreements (although the Labour/Alliance government has agreed
to a non-binding Parliamentary vote). (A PDF - Acrobat - file.) CAFCA Submission on the Singapore Free Trade Agreement What are the implications for foreign investment, services,
competition, government procurement, tariffs and other aspects of our
economy, of the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore? Is it a "creeping
MAI"? Singapore is a big investor in Aotearoa/New Zealand. What are its
policies at home? This comprehensive submission, which focuses on the
farcical process used to adopt the Agreement, and on the implications for foreign
investment and services, also backgrounds Singapore investment in New Zealand
and its policies at home. Recent investments are listed and analysed to show
the implications of these developments. For further material on the Singapore
agreement see the problems of free trade, investment
and globalisation (A PDF - Acrobat - file.) CAFCA submission to the Inquiry into New Zealand’s economic and trade relationship with Australia In 2000, the Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee held
an Inquiry into New Zealand’s relationship with Australia. CAFCA’s submission
focuses on two areas: investment, and a single trans-Tasman currency. (A PDF
- Acrobat - file.) Telecommunications Inquiry 2000 Submission to the Fletcher Ministerial Inquiry into telecommunications. Submission to the Caygill Ministerial Inquiry into the electricity sector. Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into APEC. Focuses on investment, and contains a thorough case against liberalising foreign investment flows into Aotearoa/New Zealand. Overseas Investment Act amendments: 1994 and 1998 Submissions on the amendments to the Overseas Investment Act. The Act provides the authority for controlling overseas investment coming into Aotearoa/New Zealand, and the powers of the Overseas Investment Commission. The 1994 submission focuses on land sales, providing many examples of the problems of such sales. |
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