@29b9efc5 but, the fact is that politicians - woefully uninformed, based on my own consultation with several of them - got us into this mess, so they can get us out of it. We already know that the advantages to NZ of being part of #CPTPPA were 'marginal at best' at the time of signup, and I'm quite sure that few if any those scant benefits are being enjoyed by anybody other than the already too wealthy.  @44a8e2ed @3862d25e 

 @29b9efc5 what we need is a new type of inter-governmental agreement "a cooperative technology pact"  or something which talks about gov'ts sharing resources to create mutually relevant #Libre tech solutions and agreed open standards @44a8e2ed @3862d25e