New Zealand


'New generation' free-trade deal talks start today
Talks begin in Melbourne today to lift what began as a 2001 pact between New Zealand and Singapore to a powerful "new generation" regional free trade deal that the United States has made a top trade priority.
NZ must show benefits to Europe of free trade deal, says EU
If New Zealand wants a free trade agreement with the European Union it will first have to explain what is in it for Europe, a senior EU trade official says.
Monty Python & FTA Holy Grail
New Zealand journalist Gordon Campbell on why free trade with the US is more Monty Python than Holy Grail
India free trade deal could mean big things for NZ agriculture
"You're talking about a billion people that we largely don't export anything to now," Meat and Wool New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen said
NZ begins talks for free trade deal with India
India and New Zealand have begun negotiations for a free trade agreement which Trade Minister Tim Groser says will put New Zealand in a prime place to benefit from India's economic growth.
Hopes pinned on Gulf trade deal
Closer trade ties with the Middle East will culminate this April with the signing of a free trade agreement. AMANDA MORRALL finds out why the exporter's road to Mecca is pointing in that direction.
Commitment needed for China trade
We're the only Western country to boast a free trade deal with China. But are New Zealand companies -- and the Government -- doing enough to exploit that?
Free trade proposal worries dairy allies
The last time the United States and New Zealand opened up their agricultural markets to each other, New Zealand's dairy farmers won greater access to a coveted piece of the US dairy industry. The United States settled for cat food.
Protesters want boycott of Japanese products
Anti-whaling protesters have called for Kiwis to boycott Japanese goods over the slaughter of whales as the protest ship Ady Gil sank in the Southern Ocean.
Australia, New Zealand free trade agreement with Asean starts
Australia’s free trade agreement with New Zealand and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations came into effect, removing tariffs on grape exports to Malaysia and wheat sales to the Philippines.