An all-star assortment of US business leaders providing advice to New Zealand companies was the highlight of the North America Beachheads Forum, attended by 50 New Zealand companies recently in San Francisco. | Read more
Interview with Stephen Jacobi on AMP Business (TVNZ). | Read more
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
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
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
Background page on the TPP from the United States Trade Representative. | Read more
Trade Minister Tim Groser has welcomed today's announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that Japan will seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation. | Read more
The United States will try to prove its mettle as an Asian power as it welcomes Pacific leaders this week to Hawaii, hoping a sweeping trade pact will bind together the fast-growing region | Read more
Minister of Trade Tim Groser announced today that New Zealand will join a long list of countries accepting an amendment to WTO rules that will make it easier to export generic drugs to developing countries. | Read more
Trade Minister Tim Groser welcomed the passage in the United States Congress of the US's Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and Korea. The deals were ratified overnight, with (strong) bipartisan support in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. | Read more
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