Saturday 1 August 2009
Scoop: NZ bullying Over Pacific Free Trade Deal - Report
The General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches has released a report documenting the use of ‘power politics’ by the Australian and New Zealand governments to push Pacific island countries to launch free trade negotiations at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting in Cairns next week. To read more, Click Scoop: NZ bullying Over Pacific Free Trade Deal - Report
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This appears to be an astute diplomatic move, which positions the Methodist Church more in line with the military government, without the need for the church to openly abandon its previous position.
It remains to be seen whether this will be sufficient public alignment with the military government. I suspect not and anticipate at least one more public pronouncement by the PCC in a similar vein within the next two weeks.
That will then give the military government the chance to appear magnanimous by allowing the Methodist conference to go ahead with its all-important revenue gathering.
An apparently insurmountable problem solved in a very Pacific Way.
Congratulations (hopefully not premature) to both parties
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