Peters WinstonRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister): The National Party used to be great once but now it's spelt with a small n" because they are globalists. They believe in supporting their multinational mates. The speaker who just got to his feet Todd McClay said that the US was not there. Well the US wasn't there at the end of 2016 the moment the Trump campaign won backed of course on this issue by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. They left because it was they perceived a challenge to their sovereignty in the same way as the Labour Party and New Zealand First believe it was a challenge to ours. And we went out and fixed it up—Hon Gerry Brownlee: What?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: See this is about—Mr Brownlee it's not about standing at the wood lathe trying to learn how to turn wood; it's about finishing the job. It's not about being at the bottom of Everest; it's climbing to the top and that's what we've done.I want to commend my colleague David Parker for the superb job he did. He went to Da Nang and from way behind the eight ball—because of the nefarious deceitful behaviour of the National Party—he managed to rescue us from this dire situation of being in the control of some other economy. We are about free and fair trade not the kind of multinational humbug and neoliberal "twit-twat" stuff that you hear from the party over there—just rubbish. You know they don't even know what liberalism is or what "neo" means but somehow they've got together a terrible construction—and Gerry looks like it.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker you were signalling to the last speaker that he needed to confine himself to the select committee report. I think that same restraint should apply to the Deputy Prime Minister.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yeah well I am giving a bit of licence at the beginning of the speech as I have done with all speakers.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: As we came to the campaign they were running around New Zealand saying "If you vote for them you won't get a free-trade deal with the rest of the world." Now we proved that to be demonstrably palpably false and that's a fact. So when we had the power to do the job—[Interruption] And it's no use these old failed MPs over there screaming in their anger at having lost the last election. Look you lost and you lost badly and you didn't have any leadership and you've got worse now—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Actually don't bring me into this.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: No not you particularly—not you Madam Deputy Speaker. No no—I'm talking about those ones over there. Ha ha! They were so embittered because they haven't got the cars and limousines anymore all the baubles of office which they so much love—DEPUTY SPEAKER: We're actually—now we're going to come to the report.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I want to say that's very very clear.The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership is a monumental free-trade agreement that spans 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.Rt Hon David Carter: Read your notes.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Yeah well unlike that member I'm able to prepare them properly as well. I don't have them done by research unit. Now can I just say—[Interruption]—able to write my own notes able to read them out and able to comprehend what they say. Now see that's what's happened. I don't know whether the public back in New Zealand watching the TV can see what's going on here but they are standing here this embittered party shouting and screaming vituperating—rant and tirade every day. And question time today was appalling—it was a disgrace. They need leadership.Can I just say those countries are the destination of 31 percent of New Zealand's goods exports—that's $15 billion—and 31 percent of New Zealand's services exports—that's $6.8 billion annually. That's well above $22 million. Can I just say also those markets have a combined population of 480 million consumers and they include four of New Zealand's top 10 trading partners: Australia Japan Singapore and Malaysia. These are the facts that members need to remember and understand as to why we decided that we could fix this deal and fix it properly. What we did was ensure that 22 fundamental egregious mistakes made by the previous Government were stopped. For example we were appalled—I saw Mr Parker in Da Nang and he was ashen because he'd learnt that they hadn't even raised the issue of house sales in our country. He couldn't believe it. They hadn't even raised the issue of house sales during the negotiations.Hon Member: Unbelievable.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Unbelievable. Even worse they told their caucus over there that they weren't allowed to. This is amazing. Not only trying to deceive the country they deceived their own mates their own caucus mates but then again some of them like the member from Epsom—he's all for this sort of sell-out so he's not really concerned.We said no to an economy shaped by investor rights; instead we put New Zealand first. It is abundantly clear that this is not the objective of the National Party who were determined to place our economy further in the hands of international globalist interests and thank heavens the people just in time stopped them.Can I just say that it is comprehensive and progressive because it goes beyond reducing costs for businesses. And you know the most amazing thing was we'd hardly got it fixed up when Donald Trump's team started saying "Well maybe we'd like to be back in." because the sovereignty issues so critical to a party with a philosophy like New Zealand First's and Labour's were now being dealt to in a way that the National Party paid no attention to whatsoever.It will support job creation and give us a better standard of living. At the same time our people will be protected from globalist predation. And that's what it is—globalist predation. These people you know these people offshore multinationals weren't paying any tax at all. For example some of these offshore multinationals were paying tax of less than one-third of 1 percent. And what did that Government do about it? Absolutely nothing. It refused to raise a finger—not a mutter not a murmur not a syllable not a sound from members like Mr Bennett who spends all his time with his five farms seeking not to advance the farming industry in this country never raising a question about the incompetence of Fonterra—no not a word about them even though they've lost over $1.3 billion. Not a word from Mr Carter former farming Minister; not a word from Mr Bennett—Hon David Bennett: How much have they made?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh "How much have they made?" he says. They've lost $1.3 billion. Fonterra—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Can we come back to the report please?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Well this is all about—DEPUTY SPEAKER: No this isn't the report; this is not about the report.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: This is all about trade.Hon Member: Keep reading your notes.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: No that part's not part of my notes. I just noticed you there and that's why I decided to make very sure that everybody found out how incompetent and culpable that member is.Can I just say that one in every four New Zealanders in work today depends on exports for their livelihoods—one in four. Those workers' rights are also protected in the agreement. They safeguard hired labour and environmental standards and the Asia-Pacific region. [Interruption] Now there's no use those three members there screaming and shouting. I mean everybody knows they're illiterate. They can't even string one word together or two together or any coherent sentence. And as for the woodwork teacher—that's that man over there—he's the least qualified to raise any issue. Hon Gerry Brownlee: Oh! They hate the workers.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh—hate the workers! Hates the workers—that man and work are strangers.Hon Paul Goldsmith: I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. I wasn't under the impression that this was a general debate but it seems to have descended into that and I wondered if you might be able to—Clayton Mitchell: Speaking to the point of order Madam Deputy Speaker.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I don't actually need any help thank you. I am the judge of the content of the speech. I do agree that the speaker is continually straying from the report and I ask him to please continue his speech but will he please focus on what is actually before the House.Clayton Mitchell: I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I hope you're not going to question my ruling.Clayton Mitchell: No I'm not questioning your ruling at all Madam Deputy Speaker. I would just like to bring your attention to the constant barrage which is over what I would consider or anybody would consider a reasonable barrage which is actually stopping the flow of the debate which may need to be addressed.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I've never noticed I have to say in all my time in the House that that has actually deterred the speaker who has been on his feet. In fact I have noticed that that encourages him.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Can I just say—DEPUTY SPEAKER: No could you please just talk to what is in front of the House and let's get on with it.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Talking about this report they object simply because of its lexiconic similarity. Now that means the words they say are the same but no they're not. There are 22 fundamental things that were in the old agreement that are not in this one. They have been suspended—22 undesirable provisions suspended in favour of a comprehensive and progressive outcome. Tariffs will be eliminated on all New Zealand's exports to Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership economies with the exception of beef in Japan and a number of dairy products from Japan Canada and Mexico where access is nevertheless improved through partial tariff reductions.Can I just say that this was not the easiest deal to turn around because of the distance of danger down which path the former—Hon David Bennett: Did you set up the North Korea deal as well mate?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: —Government had travelled. But—I beg your pardon?Hon David Bennett: Did you sort out the North Korea situation as well? You told us you would.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Well actually unlike that member I've been invited to North Korea yes. In fact there are very few Western politicians that have ever been to North Korea and the reason why we were engaged is that they perceived around the world that maybe just maybe we knew what we were talking about—unlike this bunch of pretenders over there who keep on screaming out with no idea where they are taking their country if they were ever empowered again to do so.Can I make it very very clear that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership will mean our exporters are not disadvantaged in important high-value markets like Japan compared with competitors such as Australia Chile and soon the European Union all of which have agreed free-trade agreements with Japan. In my closing ten seconds I want to make it very clear that New Zealand First believes that we can stand behind this deal because it puts New Zealanders—as it should have from the very beginning—first."