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16 September 2011
Japan’s chance for trade leadership
Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's new prime minister, must be totally perplexed by his country's own trade policy, or lack thereof, and by those of his major trading partners. His predecessor flirted recently with a number of potential free trade agreements - bilateral pacts with Korea, China and the European Union, plus the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would include the U.S. and much of Southeast Asia - but little came of it. | Read more
09 September 2011
Business groups back TPP
Business groups at the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks have got in behind the negotiations. | Read more
08 September 2011
USTR Statement regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
The Office of the United States Trade Representative issued the following statement today regarding the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Chicago, IL this week. | Read more
07 September 2011
TPP coalition urges high standard outcomes
TPP coalition urges United States and TPP partners to work intensively to achieve high-standard outcomes on key issues in TPP negotiations. | Read more
25 July 2011
Key ‘increasingly confident’ of trade deal with USA
John Key says he is increasingly confident a trade deal will be signed with the United States, after a week-long trip to America, where the Prime Minister met with high-level US trade representatives and US President Barack Obama. | Read more
23 July 2011
Tiny NZ a big part of US trade growth plans
A proposed Trans Pacific Partnership among nine countries is the top trade priority for United States President Barack Obama and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key who meet at the White House this morning. | Read more
22 July 2011
Ambassador Kirk and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key discuss job-supporting trade issues
Today, Ambassador Kirk met with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to discuss priority, job-supporting trade issues, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Agenda. | Read more
15 June 2011
Groser attacks US dairy industry’s ‘rear view’ policy
Trade Minister Tim Groser took a swipe at the protected United States dairy industry last night saying it was time they stopped "looking in the rear vision mirror." | Read more
15 June 2011
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: State of play
25 May 2011
Free trade back on Asian agenda as Doha chances fade
Trade liberalisation is back in the agenda in Asia amid efforts to expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Japan, South Korea and China are reviving plans for a three-way trade deal. | Read more
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