Public split over China trade deal
Public split over China trade deal
New Zealanders are divided over whether the Government should be signing a free trade deal with China, a new Herald-DigiPoll survey reveals. Prime Minister Helen Clark flies out tonight on an overseas trip which will include the signing of the historic agreement in Beijing on April 7, but it appears many New Zealanders are yet to be convinced it is a good move. Asked if they supported New Zealand signing a free trade agreement with China, 44.7 per cent of those questioned in the DigiPoll survey said they did. Just about a third - 32.4 per cent - said no, while 22.9 per cent said they did not know. While the Government will be pleased that more people agree with the deal than disagree, it is clear there is still a large degree of uncertainty in voters' minds about the issue. That uncertainty is likely linked to the fact that details of the agreement are being kept secret until it is signed.
Oh and aren’t they being kept secret, interestingly the Bill will go to Parliament which means there have to be changes to our law for us to live up to what we’ve signed, of interest will be the enforced immigration element of the deal, add to this the large number against this, which could easily become the majority if the deal is perceived as one sided and if China commit another atrocity to put down any Tibet unrest, with these issues in the air (won’t Helen look yucky smiling with all those wax work Communist Party members for a free trade deal if they’ve shot a new bunch of monks) here’s how National win the election – Murry McCulley whispers in ears and John Key comes out and states that National won’t sign the deal until he sees a change in China’s human rights and that they have till he wins in November to sort their act out as we won’t sign for financial benefits over human rights as it ‘isn’t the NZ way’ – it makes National look moderate, steals from Labour’s core support and John Key touches that national identity of being ‘fair’. Of course John doesn’t need to mean it, but the electorate wouldn’t know and Labour would be left twitching in the gallows of public opinion.
posted by Bomber @ 7:24 am
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Bomber nearly every time we enter into a treaty it has to be ratified by parliament. This is normal process, because the executive can not change the laws passed by parliament which treaties nearly always do.
No comment on other stuff.
Bomber says :
Murry McCulley whispers in ears and John Key comes out and states that National won’t sign the deal until he sees a change in China’s human rights and that they have till he wins in November to sort their act out as we won’t sign for financial benefits over human rights as it ‘isn’t the NZ way’ – it makes National look moderate, steals from Labour’s core support and John Key touches that national identity of being ‘fair’. Of course John doesn’t need to mean it, but the electorate wouldn’t know and Labour would be left twitching in the gallows of public opinion.
Thats true bomber but you forgat that the core support for NZ GOVT NAT has changed, we won't allow back sliding on these issues.
How come you get to say anything you like Bomber but if I put up a love film on my site, Mrs Smith and the sanctity Google moron close it down pronto.
Yep - surprising theat the Greens have not been shrewd enough to see this. They should have been talking to National, saying - "vote against law changes required for a China-NZ FTA, and embarrass Labour. If you get elected, you ram through an FTA only 6 months late." And the Greens then hope and work to get Labour-Green govt re-elected after National-Green-United-Maori veto the FTA.
Winners - National, Greens, Chinese and NZ workers, Tibetans
Losers - Helen Clark & Labour
Can still be done if they rattle their dags!
What is shameful is no-one has promoted a law change to limit treaties with human rights abusing regimes, other than Keith Locke's International Treaties Bill, which was voted down by Labour & Nats.
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