Ke kāhea nei ʻo Oxfam i kahi ala hou e pili ana i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ʻia ma ka Pacific Islands Forum ma Australia ʻAukake 5-6, 2009. e lilo i mea nui no kēlā me kēia ʻaelike me kā lākou mau hoa kālepa nui loa ʻo New Zealand a me Australia.
Hōʻike ka noiʻi a Oxfam i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka pahuhopu e pōmaikaʻi ai i ka Pākīpika, e like me ke koi ʻia e ke Kuhina Kalepa o New Zealand, ʻo Tim Groser, ʻaʻole hiki ke hiki ke koi ʻo Australia a me New Zealand i kahi kuʻikahi kālepa kūʻokoʻa maʻamau.
Ma kāna hōʻike hou, ʻo PACER Plus a me kāna mau Alternatives: ʻO ke ala hea no ke kālepa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka Pākīpika? Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei ka hōʻike he ʻaelike hana hoʻokele waiwai, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka Pākīpika ma kāna kumu, ʻaʻole ke ala 'ʻoihana e like me ka mea maʻamau' o kahi kuʻikahi kālepa kūʻokoʻa maʻamau e hiki ai ke hōʻino i ka ʻoihana ʻoihana a me kā lākou ʻoihana. nā manaʻo hoʻomohala.
Hōʻike ka hōʻike e pili ana nā ʻāina o ka Pākīpika ma ka ʻaoʻao hewa o kahi kokoke 6: 1 kalepa ʻana me Australia a me New Zealand. ʻO ka ʻaelike maikaʻi ʻole ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ka deficit kalepa a hoʻonui i ka hana hoʻokele waiwai, i ka manawa o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua a me ka ulu ʻana o ka pilikia a me ka hakakā ma ka ʻāina.
Hāʻawi ka hōʻike i kahi loiloi o nā pilikia e pili ana i kahi kuʻikahi kālepa manuahi maʻamau. ʻO kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi ʻo ka lilo ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni mai ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka uku e hiki ke ʻike iā Tonga e nalowale ana he 19 pākēneka o ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni mai kahi kuʻikahi kālepa manuahi me Australia a me New Zealand, Vanuatu 18 pākēneka, Kiribati 15 pākēneka, a me Samoa he 12 pākēneka. No ka nui o kēia mau ʻāina, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nalowale o ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni ma mua o kā lākou kālā kālā olakino a hoʻonaʻauao paha.
Kāhea ka Luna Hoʻokele o Oxfam New Zealand, ʻo Barry Coates, i ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke ʻano fundamentalist i nā kūkākūkā kalepa kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka European Union i ke kālepa Pākīpika. "Ma ke ʻano o ka nui o ke kālepa kalepa ʻana me Australia a me New Zealand, a me ka nele o kahi kumu ikaika o ka ʻoihana huahana ma ka Pākīpika, maopopo ka pono o kahi ala hou."
Hōʻoia ka hōʻike i ka hoʻoholo e kālele ana i nā hopena hoʻomohala i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia no ka Pākīpika ma ke ʻano he pahuhopu no kēlā me kēia ʻaelike pili waiwai. ʻO ʻApelika ma lalo o Saharan wale nō ka mea i ʻoi aku ma hope o ka holomua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā Millennium Development Goals a ʻoi aku ka hapakolu o ka poʻe o ka Pākīpika e noho ana ma lalo o nā laina ʻilihune i wehewehe ʻia.
“Pono ka ʻaelike hoʻokele waiwai hoʻomohala e kūkulu ma luna o nā waiwai o ka ʻāina, e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai ākea a hoʻomau, e hoʻoikaika i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka Pākīpika i ka wā o nā pilikia māhoe o ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a kōkua i ka holomua maoli i ka Millennium Development Goals. ," wahi a Barry Coates.
Loaʻa i ka hōʻike kahi memo up-beat. "Hiki loa ke kūkulu ʻia kahi ʻaelike pili waiwai e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā manaʻo kālepa o ka Pākīpika me ka pale ʻana i ka nui o nā pilikia," wahi a Coates.
Eia nō naʻe, aia nā kūlana e pono e kau koke ʻia. Pono e ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka papa manawa ma mua o ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Kālepa, pono e nui aʻe nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa ma nā pae ʻāpana a me nā pae aupuni a pono e hoʻokumu ʻia kahi ʻano pilina hou ma waena o nā ʻāina o ka Pākīpika a me New Zealand a me Australia, ma mua o nā kūkākūkā ʻenemi maʻamau. he ʻano maʻamau o nā ʻaelike kālepa.
"No ka mea e pono ai kahi ʻano kuʻikahi hou, pono ka manawa a me nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻomohala i ke ala kūpono. No ka mea, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka waihona waiwai, pono e loaʻa nā ala ʻokoʻa i loko o ke aupuni, a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui kīwila, nā hui pilikino, nā hale pule, nā pāremata, nā alakaʻi kuʻuna a me nā hui wahine.
Manaʻo ka hōʻike i kahi papa hana hou e hōʻike ana i nā keʻakeʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, a e kuhikuhi ana i ke kālā hou a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ma nā ʻāina Pākīpika, me ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, ka mahiʻai, ka lawaiʻa, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻāpana moʻomeheu.
"Ke hōʻike nei ka hōʻike e hiki ke hoʻohana i nā lula kālepa e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā manaʻo hoʻomohala PIC - akā e hana wale ʻia me kahi ala hou maoli. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wikiwiki o nā kūkākūkā e alakaʻi wale ʻia i ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu kūpono no kahi ʻaelike hoʻokele waiwai, "wahi a Coates.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The timetable must be slower than Trade Ministers have recommended, there must be more resources available at the regional and national levels and a new style of relationship must be forged between the Pacific Island countries and New Zealand and Australia, rather than the usual adversarial negotiations that are typical of trade agreements.
- The report argues that it is an economic co-operation agreement, with the Pacific's development at its core, that is needed, not the ‘business as usual' path of a standard free trade agreement that could cause irreparable damage the Islands' economies and their development prospects.
- “Against a backdrop of the enormous trade imbalance with Australia and New Zealand, and the lack of a strong base of productive industry in the Pacific, it is clear that a new approach is needed.
