Samoa deputy PM accused of dividing regional trade bloc

• Print
• Email

Updated July 30, 2009 15:58:37

A leading Pacific NGO says Australia and New Zealand are continuing to use bullying tactics in trade negotiations, and accuses Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister, Misa Telefoni, of working with them to create a split among Pacific Island nations. The accusations are contained in the report 'Speaking Truth to Power', launched in Suva this morning by the Pacific Network on Globalisation.

The report comes as Pacific Island leaders prepare for their summit in Cairns where they are set to decide whether to go ahead with negotiations for the proposed PACER Plus trade agreement.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett
Speaker: Fei Tevi, General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches; Maureen Penjuelli, author of the Pacific Network on Globalisation report Speaking Truth to Power

• Listen:
• Windows Media

• Vanuatu has high hopes for new Kava based Lava Kola
• Desperate PNG cows get bull
• Solomons may miss out on investment if dolphin exports don't stop
• NZ Goverment defends plan for Pacific health
• PNG women's group call for early elections
• Wallis and Futuna clean up, while New Caledonia counts Cyclone cost
• Australia aid arrives in cyclone-hit Fiji
• Fiji Cyclone recovery continues