ISDS Case Map
New Zealand
Meat & Wool New Zealand describes the prospect of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea as a "big deal" for domestic beef producers.
Normally the services chapter of an FTA covers movement of persons from one country to another in order to supply a service. This FTA is unusual because it contains both a chapter on trade in services and a separate chapter, and accompanying schedule of commitments, in respect of the movement of natural persons.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak put on an impressive show in Auckland yesterday as he talked tough about the necessity for world leaders not to fall prey to anti-protectionist forces.
A new 12-member free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the 10 ASEAN countries has not got everybody's stamp of approval. The agreement has been welcomed by groups such as Federated Farmers of New Zealand. However, Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey says negative aspects of the agreement are being ignored.
Australia and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- one of Asia's largest trade arrangements.
Southeast Asian economic ministers signed two pacts on trade and investment Thursday and plan to ink a free trade pact with Australia and New Zealand at an annual summit, where they have vowed to resist protectionism amid the global economic slump.
Indonesia has agreed to cut import tariffs on range of products from Australia and New Zealand starting this year as part of a wider free-trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations
NZ trade minister Tim Groser and his Indian counterpart Kamal Nath announced on Saturday that our respective governments are to negotiate a free trade agreement, with negotiations due to begin later this year.
India and New Zealand today agreed for an early commencement of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations subject to the approval process of the two countries.
