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New Zealand is on track to complete a "high quality and comprehensive" free trade deal with China by April next year, Prime Minister Helen Clark says. For China, "it's not so much a question of what they agree with New Zealand . . . It's a question of what that then means for negotiations with the European Union or the United States down the track" she added.
New Zealand negotiators are gearing up for final talks in Wellington, where vital trade-offs will be made so that a deal can be signed with China at top political level before the end of next April.
On the same day that Trade Minister Goff announced that progress had been made on the NZ-India FTA joint study, news broke that New Zealand immigration officials in New Delhi had refused visas to members of the Indian delegation to the India NZ Joint Business Councils.
New Zealand and India have made good progress towards initiating a free trade agreement between the two countries, Trade Minister Phil Goff said today.
New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff will be pushing forward with a proposal for a study into a free-trade agreement with India when he meets representatives of the Indian business community on Friday. Mr Goff says India is potentially a huge market for New Zealand and is becoming even more significant with growth of between 8% and 9% every year.
New Zealand negotiators have been accused of being 'too scared' to bring up human rights with China's communist officials during free trade discussions.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has made a renewed push for a free trade deal between New Zealand and the European Union, though she admits it is likely to be five years before real negotiations begin.
New Zealanders are being warned to keep a close eye on their government's attempts to sneak through free trade deal with the United States in the wake of protests in Auckland today.
"We have already cut a free trade deal with Australia. We ought to do one with New Zealand," said US Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, is optimistic that a free trade agreement between New Zealand and Hong Kong can be concluded.
