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China
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand could have done better than it did in the free trade agreement it signed on Monday with China, and that is why his New Zealand First party won't support it.
China's trade deal with New Zealand has made the front pages in Beijing.
Chinese activist groups cool on opposition to New Zealand's fair trade deal with China. Katie Small checks out the marginal minorities' views after the crackdown in Tibet.
New Zealand will sign up to its biggest bilateral trade deal in 25 years in a ceremony in Beijing tomorrow.
India should be cautious while signing free trade agreements (FTAs), specially with China as it could affect the interest domestic industry, a report released by industry chamber Assocham said on Saturday.
Protestors in Auckland and Wellington have made a last minute plea to stop a free trade agreement between New Zealand and China.
They say the Government is ignoring human rights for the sake of selling a few pounds of butter.
The "smog and mirrors" surrounding New Zealand's historic free trade agreement with China is about to lift, along with remnants of the Beijing winter.
Ngai Tahu Seafood, the lucrative fisheries arm of one of the largest Maori tribes, says the Government's controversial free-trade pact with China is a good deal and will earn the iwi millions of dollars.
Trade Minister Phil Goff leaves for China tomorrow to play his part in the signing of the free trade deal between New Zealand and China.
Business leaders are optimistic that the free trade agreement with China will be comprehensive and have quicker phaseout periods for tariffs than a similar pact New Zealand signed with Thailand in 2005.
