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15 March 2010

Eight-nation free trade negotiations begin

Trade Minister Tim Groser today welcomed the start of negotiations towards an eight-nation free trade deal which includes the United States, taking place in Melbourne, Australia this week. | Read more

15 March 2010

Ask the Ambassador: Trade with New Zealand, Trans Pacific Partnership

Question posed to Ambassador Kirk about trade negotiations between the US and New Zealand. | Read more

15 March 2010

Asia-Pacific nations seek to create world’s largest free trade zone

Officials from eight Asia-Pacific nations have begun talks being billed as laying the groundwork for what could become the largest free trade area ever seen | Read more

14 March 2010

Australia Trade Minister: Trans-Pacific trade talks to strengthen regional integration

The U.S. decision to participate in talks on a Trans-Pacific Partnership, starting in Melbourne on Monday, is an "important signal" of the Obama administration's commitment to the Asia Pacific region, according to Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean. | Read more

12 March 2010

Trans Pacific trade talks round one starts Monday

While US dairy farmers are less than enthusiastic about the start of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks in Melbourne on Monday, New Zealand is primed to pounce. | Read more

11 March 2010

Dairies sour on trade talks

U.S. dairy farmers are pleading for protection from their counterparts in New Zealand as President Barack Obama's trade negotiators begin talks on a regional agreement in Australia next week. | Read more

05 March 2010

Obama to push next week for doubling U.S. exports

Obama to push next week for doubling U.S. exports | Read more

04 March 2010

Kirk gets pressure on trade deals

While saying organized labor will not wield veto power over pending George W. Bush-era free-trade agreements, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk would hold out only a heavily conditional hope that Congress might consider the trade pacts by the end of the year. | Read more

02 March 2010

Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Zealand submission to the US International Trade Commission

Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Zealand Submission to the US International Trade Commission. Presented by Mr Roy Ferguson, New Zealand Ambassador to the United States | Read more

01 March 2010

Kirk Comments on 2010 Trade Policy Agenda.

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk issued a statement today upon the delivery to Congress of President Obama's 2010 Trade Policy Agenda and 2009 Annual Report. | Read more

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