National leader John Key today unveiled plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US, which the government is yet to succeed in doing since it came to power in 1999.
Asean economic ministers said while "considerable progress" has been made on the proposed comprehensive FTA with Australia-New Zealand, concluding talks this year is unlikely because the next phase of the negotiations "would be critical and intense."
Between the 9th and 11th of September, 2007, Auckland will host the second annual "United States-New Zealand Partnership Forum". We intend to protest and if possible shut down this forum and disrupt the related activities and events.
A first round of talks for a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council opened Wednesday in the New Zealand capital, Trade Minister Phil Goff said.
The India-China comparison has become almost passé with western audiences in the past few years. But in countries like New Zealand where ties with China, particularly economic ties, have traditionally been far stronger than with India, the comparison is relatively new and India often comes a poor second, especially in the eyes of New Zealand Inc.
The Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) and AID/WATCH are pleased to invite you to a strategy workshop on the FTAs entitled: “To Oppose FTAs: Making People Matter”, that will take place on September 4-6, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The Strategy Workshop on the FTAs is an open and public gathering of trade campaigners within the region specifically timed to coincide with the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Sydney.
New Zealand hopes to wrap up a comprehensive free trade agreement with China by mid-2009 -- a year later than scheduled -- Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday.
Trade minister Phil Goff has floated the prospect of a regional free trade deal comprising the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Brunei and South Korea.