"The govt has given it a lot of thought and we have declared that human rights are too important to ignore... So we're flagging the free trade agreement with China and from now on only trading with nice places with no record of abuse! So that leaves me proud to announce a new trade deal... seventeen kilos of whitebait to the Ross Sea ice shelf gannet colony!" 20 March, 2008

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"The govt has given it a lot of thought and we have declared that human rights are too important to ignore... So we're flagging the free trade agreement with China and from now on only trading with nice places with no record of abuse! So that leaves me proud to announce a new trade deal... seventeen kilos of whitebait to the Ross Sea ice shelf gannet colony!" 20 March, 2008

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The 'Underzone' strip. Shows in four frames Prime Minister, Helen Clark, announcing that the free trade deal with China is off because of China's bad human rights record and from no on New Zealand will trade only with nice places and so first off 17 kilos of whitebait will be sent to the ganney colony on the Ross Sea ice shelf. A comment on the difficulties of choosing trading partners on the strength of their human rights policies. There is a lobby protesting against New Zealand's imminent f...

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2008

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22759814

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China

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Clark, Helen Elizabeth (Rt Hon), 1950- / Free trade / Human rights / New Zealand / Commerce / China / Gannets

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