"New Zealand has already dodged the bullet of "guilt upon accusation" when section 92A of the Copyright Act was overturned, and then again when public pressure fixed the intellectual property provisions in the ACTA treaty. It looks as if the TPP is yet another attempt to push laws that sacrifice civil liberties for media and pharmaceutical company profits."

Transparency in Treaty Negotiation

The TPP negotiations are being held in secret with citizens of the countries involved not allowed to know what their governments are saying. The traditional model for negotiating trade treaties means that the citizens of the countries concerned only get to see the text of the treaty after it's finalised, making any public consultation a sham.

Just like with ACTA, information is escaping and NZ's position paper on intellectualTraffic Research Centre VSC, Haren
University of Groningen (1978-1993)

The 'Verkeerskundig Studiecentrum' of the
University of Groningen was established in 1977. Between 1978
and 1993 it was located in the
stately mansion, locally known as 't Huis De Wolf,
depicted in this drawing from 1989 by Nico Nanninga.