5-Nov-2025
PMN
The Prime Minister says New Zealand remains committed to PACER Plus despite Papua New Guinea’s push for a separate bilateral trade deal.
30-Jan-2025
Post-Courier
Japan is our very long and most enduring partner and we need to anchor our relationship through an EPA, said PNG's Minister for International Trade and Investment .
18-Jul-2024
Nikkei Asia
Japan and Papua New Guinea have discussed the path toward a potential free trade agreement, PNG Prime Minister James Marape said.
10-Mar-2023
The National
A consultant committee has been selected to take the lead in completing a feasibility study into the viability of having a free trade agreement between the two countries.
24-Feb-2023
Loop
PNG Prime Minister held talks with Fiji Prime Minister on strengthening bilateral ties and deepening cooperation as the bigger Pacific Island Countries within the region.
31-Jan-2023
The National
The study assesses the feasibility of a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement covering goods and services.
23-Nov-2022
The National
PNG Prime Minister and Chinese President agreed that a free trade agreement must be concluded at the very earliest that would secure both nation’s interest so that trade and commerce happened within this realm.
3-Jun-2022
France24
China and Papua New Guinea held talks on a free-trade deal, as Beijing's foreign minister wrapped up a landmark tour of the Pacific Islands with a stop in the resource-rich nation.
7-Apr-2021
Mining Watch
Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister Papua New Guinea released a statement announcing that his government will be making a deal with the company in regard to the Porgera Joint Venture gold mine.
4-Dec-2020
Mining Watch
Barrick is offering the government of Papua New Guinea to pause legal proceedings upon signing of a framework agreement to reverse the decision not to grant it a licence renewal for its former Porgera mine.