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Dear Pascal

Please find attached the response from Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, to your OIA request.

Yours sincerely

Bibiana Marsh
Office of Hon Tim Groser
Minister of Trade | Minister for Climate Change Issues
Parliament Buildings | Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Pascal [mailto:[OIA #2330 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2014 6:22 p.m.
To: T Groser (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Release to tpp

Dear Minister of Trade,
Please release the text that is inside the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
I believe that if signed, the TPPA will threaten the sovereignty of New Zealand, and all the negotiations have been secret.
This international agreement could curb New Zealanders' internet freedom and intellectual property rights among other things. But Kiwis still doesn't know everything that TPPA contains, and we want to know what it means for us if our government were to sign it.
Could this TPPA affect the ability of New Zealanders to invest in organics and operate businesses that want to be biogro certified? How will this affect peoples freedoms to save seed? Will it be legal to save seeds in primary schools?
If Malaysia can release TPPA text before it’s signed and say no deal without “fast track”, why can't NZ?
Secret negotiations are not democratic, we have a right to know what is in the text and what the plans are for our country.

Yours faithfully,
Pascal Gillies

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