John Key is promising that the next FTA negotiations will be more transparent:
Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand is likely to take a more transparent approach to trade negotiations with the European Union than other FTAs.
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Speaking to the Herald this morning en route to Britain, he acknowledged that the EU was conducting its FTAs in a more transparent way and indicated New Zealand would follow suit.
"But on the basis that there is more transparency on the European side, it would be self-defeating not to do so on our side."
That's nice, but grace and favour and promises from politicians on this isn't enough. New Zealanders deserve a transparent and democratic foreign policy, and if John Key is serious about that, he should legislate for it. Statute or its bullshit!
