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Vernon Rive, Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

How much is the European trade deal at risk over NZ’s climate commitments?

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New Zealand has long traded on its reputation as a forward-thinking, environmentally and socially responsible international partner. A case now before the European Commission suggests cracks in that reputation may be showing.

Last week, the Dutch environmental justice organisation Both ENDS lodged a formal complaint alleging New Zealand has broken environmental and climate promises it made in its free trade agreement with the European Union.

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