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New Zealand
All things going to plan, Helen Clark's programme in Washington begins tomorrow morning when she meets Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Prime Minister Helen Clark has placed a free-trade deal near the top of the agenda for her meeting with President George W. Bush today, after receiving encouraging signals in Washington.
National is stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Helen Clark to elevate a trade deal to the top of her talks with United States President George Bush as Washington refuses to offer any hope of a breakthrough soon.
Trade Minister Phil Goff leaves for Mexico this morning to push for a trade deal that could boost exports to New Zealand's fourth largest market dairy market.
New Zealand faces several barriers to getting a free trade deal with the United States, Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
Helen Clark needs to muscle up to George Bush this week and directly push the case for a bilateral free trade deal with the United States.
The eighth round of trade talks between New Zealand, Australia and 10 Southeast Asian countries begins in Wellington on Tuesday as negotiators try to reach a deal by the end of the year.
Negotiations for an ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement will resume in Wellington in March.
New Zealand's rush for Asia-Pacific free trade agreements was slowed by a typhoon in the Phillipines, but sped up through a partnership agreement with the Republic of Korea.
This article is an introduction or guide to PICTA, PACER and the WTO in the Pacific. The 'guide' gives readers basic knowledge of both trade agreements and the stepping stone function they provide towards the WTO re-colonising the Pacific.
