In The News

02 December 2008

Protocol updates US-NZ double tax agreement

Finance Minister Bill English and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne have welcomed the signing in Washington today of a protocol that updates the double tax agreement between New Zealand and the United States. | Read more

01 December 2008

NZ better off in P7 talks - Groser

A multi-country free trade agreement with the United States will provide a better result for New Zealand than a bilateral one, Trade Minister Tim Groser says. | Read more

01 December 2008

Cabinet approves double tax agreement with US

Cabinet has approved a double tax agreement with the United States, Prime Minister John Key said today. | Read more

27 November 2008

NZ exporters set to benefit from US lifeline

New Zealand exporters will be the first to benefit from the latest massive life-line thrown to United States consumers by the Federal Reserve. | Read more

23 November 2008

Key meets Bush, economy looms large

Prime Minister John Key moved into superpower territory at the Apec summit in the Peruvian capital of Lima, meeting US President George W Bush and China's President Hu Jintao | Read more

22 November 2008

Regional free trade pact could grow

A regional free trade agreement which began two years ago with New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei could grow to include at least seven countries | Read more

17 November 2008

Obama win won't derail trade deal, says leader

Relations with the US have improved dramatically, a free-trade deal is on the agenda and the election of new governments will not derail the progress, says visiting United States-New Zealand Council president John E. Mullen. | Read more

11 November 2008

Free trade deal hope

The world holds huge expectations of US President-elect Barack Obama - not least New Zealand seeking a free trade deal. | Read more

06 November 2008

Trade hopes pinned on Obama

The election of Barack Obama as United States president is a "slight negative" for New Zealand's free trade hopes, but will mean the two countries' agendas on war in Iraq and Afghanistan are more closely aligned. | Read more

05 November 2008

US snaps up scanner

A hand-held anthrax-detecting scanner developed at Canterbury University has been snapped up by United States defence agencies. | Read more

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