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Trade
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
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
15 November 2011
Expanding the TPP
Interview with Stephen Jacobi on AMP Business (TVNZ). | Read more
14 November 2011
Obama calls for finalisation of trade deal before US election
United States President Barack Obama wants the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade and investment deal finalised in a year's time - before he faces election for a second term. | Read more
13 November 2011
PM welcomes significant Pacific trade deal progress
Prime Minister John Key has welcomed today's announcement of the broad outlines for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement, and hailed it as an important step towards gaining greater access for New Zealand exporters. | Read more
13 November 2011
Next step in Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
Agreement on the broad outlines of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an important step towards a high-quality free-trade deal that will benefit New Zealand exporters, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English and Trade Minister Tim Groser say. | Read more
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