In The News
27 January 2012
Background to the US 2012 Presidential elections
Detailed informtion on the US 2012 Presidential elections from the American Reference Centre in Wellington | Read more
23 January 2012
Latest newsletter from the USNZ Council
December 2011 newsletter from the USNZ Council including farewell message from John Mullen. | Read more
22 December 2011
SAS to come home in March
Prime Minister John Key has confirmed that the NZSAS deployment to Afghanistan will end as scheduled in March next year - a decision which has been foreshadowed for some time. | Read more
19 December 2011
Groser announces New Zealand’s new TPP Lead Negotiator
Trade Minister Tim Groser is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Walker as New Zealand's new Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Lead Negotiator. | Read more
09 December 2011
Additional strides made at tenth Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) round
The United States and its TPP partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam – concluded the tenth round of negotiations today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, making additional strides on the path toward conclusion of a comprehensive, next-generation trade agreement. Through this agreement, the United States is seeking to boost U.S. economic growth and support the creation and retention of high-quality jobs by increasing American exports to a region that holds great potential for U.S. workers, manufacturers, farmers, and ranchers. | Read more
05 December 2011
Wineries unite to crack US market
Five wineries have joined forces to target the United States market, with plans for exports to hit nearly one million bottles within five years. | Read more
05 December 2011
USTR Green Paper on conservation and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Each year, billions of dollars in illegally harvested or taken wildlife and wild plant products move across borders, often through the activities of global criminal networks that also trade in illicit arms and drugs. This global trafficking problem has implications for world trade and the environment, and the United States views the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) , a regional agreement that it is negotiating with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, as a unique opportunity to tackle this issue and other trade-related environmental challenges. | Read more
05 December 2011
Remarks by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis on conservation initiatives in the TPP
Just more than ten years ago, the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in Seattle became the flashpoint for a boiling-over of public concern about trade's impact on the world's people and on the planet. Aside from the shattered glass and tear gas, among the more memorable snapshots from those meetings was the more peaceful marching of dozens of environmental activists in a menagerie of animal costumes. They were calling for greener trade policies and expressed concern that trade rules were thwarting efforts to protect wildlife species and fragile ecosystems around the globe. | Read more
03 December 2011
Japan-U.S.discussion to join TPP talks to begin Jan. or after
Japan and the United States are likely to start preliminary consultations in January or later ahead of Tokyo's entry into negotiations for a trans-Pacific free trade pact, currently involving nine countries, an official at the Office of U.S. Trade Representative indicated Friday. | Read more
22 November 2011
Opening of Synlait new dairy factory
Speech by Tim Groser, Minister of Trade at the opening of Synlait new dairy factory | Read more
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