In The News
18 June 2010
U.S. sees progress in Pacific basin trade talks
The United States, Vietnam and six other countries on Friday wrapped up a second round of talks on a proposed trade pact spanning the Pacific Ocean with many issues still unresolved and no clear deadline to finish. "We're in the early stages of these talks, but our team will be reporting some significant positive outcomes to Congress from this week in San Francisco," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a statement after the meeting. | Read more
14 June 2010
Key members of the United States food industry have come out in support of comprehensive free trade
The eight countries in the TransPacific Partnership, or TPP, begin the second round of negotiations in San Francisco on Monday. Food giants Nestle and Walmart are among 26 signatories to a letter to the US Trade Representative and Department of Agriculture. | Read more
08 June 2010
Long-lost US cinema treasures found in NZ
A trove of "forgotten silver" - 75 long-lost American films on inflammable nitrate film stock - is on its way back to the United States after being discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive last year. | Read more
06 June 2010
Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministers meet in Sapporo, Japan
Minister of Trade Tim Groser yesterday joined Ministers from countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to exchange views and provide guidance to negotiators ahead of the second round of TPP negotiations. | Read more
05 June 2010
Readout of Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministers’ meeting ahead of second round of negotiations
Ministers of the eight Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries met in Sapporo today on the margins of the APEC Trade Ministers meeting to exchange views and provide guidance to negotiators ahead of the second round of TPP negotiations. | Read more
03 June 2010
Maritime NZ staff assist in US oil cleanup
Two Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) technical experts have flown to the United States at the invitation of one of the oil spill response companies assisting with the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico spill. | Read more
03 June 2010
NZ wine industry gets $1.2m for US push
The wine industry's efforts to break into the lucrative US market are getting a $1.2 million push in the right direction from the government. | Read more
01 June 2010
Harcourts plans US venture
Harcourts has surpassed $20 billion in written sales in the past financial year and is entering into a new joint venture that will launch the real estate group in the United States. | Read more
31 May 2010
Fonterra extends US presence
Fonterra has continued its push towards global dominance by buying a stake in a Midwest cheese company. | Read more
27 May 2010
F&P Healthcare to gain from US reforms
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare says its sales in the United States stand to benefit from President Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill. | Read more
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