In January this year, a draft of the MAI was leaked to a Canadian non-governmental organisation. From there the information has filtered out to a large network of public citizen's networks, especially through the internet. The concern of employment activists is that the MAI will severely curtail the ability of local and national governments to tie investment opportunities to employment outcomes. The enormous transformation, now being described as globalisation, is promoted by its proponents as providing unrivaled economic opportunities. Its critics argue that the current globalisation process actually threatens economic and social stability and the environment.
Strong growth requires high levels of investment.
It is a simple fact that NZ does not have an adequate savings record to fund that investment. That agreement will oblige countries to be quite clear about any limits they impose on foreign investment and also oblige them to treat fairly any investment within those limits. If you know enough to ask a question you will get an answer. But not a copy of the draft treaty. Its a top secret document until it has been signed.