Tiriti Analysis
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement between the US and 11 other countries, including New Zealand, began in 2009 and concluded in 2015.
Countries Involved
New Zealand and European Union with 27 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden
It was signed in Auckland in February 2016. Then the US withdrew. The remaining countries regrouped and adopted the TPPA, with a few items suspended, under the name Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
That came into force in December 2018. The TPPA and CPTPP were the subject of the Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2522 claim and detailed analysis is contained in those Tribunal reports. Ngā Toki Whakarururanga was not created until after the Mediation Agreement in October 2020.
When the CPTPP was signed, New Zealand, Canada, Chile and Mexico signed a declaration on inclusive and sustainable trade that created an Inclusive Trade Action Group. That Group met in Auckland in July 2023 when New Zealand was chairing the CPTPP Committee.
The ITAG provided for a 5 year review. Ngā Toki Whakarururanga wrote a substantial Tiriti analysis of the changes required to bring the CPTPP into compliance with te Tiriti, which was included in the Crown’s report on ITAG and presented to the CPTPP parties at their Auckland meeting. That Tiriti analysis informs Ngā Toki Whakarururanga’s input to the review of CPTPP currently underway.
Our analysis And Commentary On CPTPP
Waikato Hui Interim Report
An Interim Report: Te Kāhui a Kiwa—Advancing Indigenous self-determination and wellbeing through trade and can the CPTPP help,
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Inclusive Trade Action GroupThree-Year Review of CPTPP
Indigenous Peoples’ Input into CPTPP Under Aotearoa New Zealand’s Chairing of CPTPP 2023
Joint Declaration on Fostering Progressive and Inclusive Trade
Joint Declaration on Fostering Progressive and Inclusive Trade
Indigenous Peoples’ Input into CPTPP Under Aotearoa New Zealand’s Chairing of CPTPP 2023
Indigenous Peoples’ Input into CPTPP Under Aotearoa New Zealand’s Chairing of CPTPP 2023
Report of CPTPP Conference
Report of CPTPP Te Kāhui a Kiwa conference
ITAG Review of the CPTPP
Ngā Toki Whakarururanga CPTPP ITAG Memorandum
ITAG Review of the CPTPP Summary
Input from Ngā Toki Whakarururanga to the itag review of the CPTPP: Summary