Ein Chinese hat Stecklinge einer begehrten Kiwi-Art von Neuseeland nach China geschmuggelt. Dort bauen nun chinesische Bauern die Früchte an, deren Zucht in Neuseeland für teures Geld lizenziert werden muss. Das bringt den Inselstaat in Bedrängnis.
So what is Five Eyes? The alliance, officially known as the UKUSA Agreement, is a multilateral grouping that includes not only the United Kingdom and the United States but also Australia, New Zealand and Canada providing information sharing between the countries. The partnership began as an agreement between the UK and the US in 1946 that cemented the sharing of signals intelligence, or information elicited by intercepting communications between people. Information sharing had begun during World War Two as the countries joined forces to try to break Japanese and German codes. Canada joined in 1948. New Zealand and Australia became members in 1956.
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern are due to meet in a few weeks. (File photo) What is Five Eyes? The Five Eyes alliance is a 70-year-old network of countries – the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – that share security-related intelligence. The group first began in World War II with allies trying to crack codes and signals. But in recent times, the alliance has expanded into more of a diplomatic group and has issued statements criticising China over human rights and democracy issues. This included China s crackdowns in Hong Kong and human rights abuses in Xinjiang. New Zealand has added its voice to some statements in the past years, but not all.
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In a world replete with international economic and trade organizations most of them best known by acronyms such as WTO, OECD, APEC, ITO, TPP and MERCOSUR who needs one more?
Apparently Canada, which is eagerly seeking to join Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in a new grouping known as the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, or DEPA.
The three DEPA signatories are still considering Canada’s bid to join the partnership, which entered into force just three months ago, although Chile must still ratify its participation. Other countries interested in joining include Japan, South Korea and Britain.
DEPA’s appeal, according to analysts, lies in its narrow focus on digital issues and the fact that there is no huge economic power among its members to dominate discussions and drown out the smaller countries.
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