Originally Posted by
xafalcon
The "big boys" asked to join in with the original group of 4 negotiating countries. With USA joining first, then Canada, then Japan
Our negotiating power was successively eroded, which was a foolish situation to allow. Should have stopped expanding at USA
Since NZ is so small in dairy (good on you Hoop for recognising this, most people don't understand this because the media spins it so differently), where is the problem? Our export volumes are a tiny drop in the worldwide bucket, but they are immensely important to NZ
This is the disappointment. It sounds like our major industry did not get anything close to the full benefit that was possible aka Tim's promised (but later retracted) gold-standard
Once the TPPA detail is released, there may be a significant swing in NZ towards cheese production if the rumors are correct