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APEC 2021 – Haere atu!

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APEC 2021 is coming with the first official meetings beginning in December 2020 in Wellington. But in the lead-up to that there's the APEC 2021 Bill going through parliament with submissions due 12 th February. This law is being passed to allow extreme security and surveillance from 1 July 2020 until 21 November 2021. Many local groups are calling for submissions to oppose the Bill, Auckland Peace Action has information on how do a submission. APEC's goal is global free market and trade liberalisation. It emerged in 1989 in the Asia-Pacific region after major trade blocks were established in Europe and North America. During the APEC 1999 summit in Auckland it was described as ' white knights of colonisation '. APEC's aim is profit at the expense of people and the environment.     APEC’s agenda worsens poverty and climate change     APEC’s agenda enables massive corporate sell-offs of land and resources     APEC increases the ease with which transnational corporat

APEC 2021 – Haere atu!

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APEC 2021 is coming with the first official meetings beginning in December 2020 in Wellington. But in the lead-up to that there's the APEC 2021 Bill going through parliament with submissions due 12 th February. This law is being passed to allow extreme security and surveillance from 1 July 2020 until 21 November 2021. Many local groups are calling for submissions to oppose the Bill, Auckland Peace Action has information on how do a submission. APEC's goal is global free market and trade liberalisation. It emerged in 1989 in the Asia-Pacific region after major trade blocks were established in Europe and North America. During the APEC 1999 summit in Auckland it was described as ' white knights of colonisation '. APEC's aim is profit at the expense of people and the environment.     APEC’s agenda worsens poverty and climate change     APEC’s agenda enables massive corporate sell-offs of land and resources     APEC increases the ease with which transnational corporat