14-Mar-2010
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.
23-Feb-2010
NZ Herald
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.
8-Feb-2010
Scoop
New Zealand journalist Gordon Campbell on why free trade with the US is more Monty Python than Holy Grail
5-Feb-2010
NZ Herald
"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
1-Feb-2010
NZ Herald
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.
24-Jan-2010
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.
15-Jan-2010
Stuff
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?
13-Jan-2010
WDT
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.
12-Jan-2010
Stuff
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.
4-Jan-2010
Bloomberg
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.