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EU approves free trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
23-May-2018 SBS
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
EU-New Zealand FTA: Negotiating directives (May 2018)
22-May-2018 European Council
As released by the European Council
EU to approve free-trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
22-May-2018 SBS
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
Parliament must ensure we don’t sign away values for trade
21-May-2018 The Spin Off
The way we sign up to trade deals must change, and parliament needs to lead the process to prevent flawed agreements like the TPP getting through, write lawyer Oliver Hailes and academic Max Harris.
Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
17-May-2018 ICTSD
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Government hones in on revamped China FTA
14-May-2018 NZ Herald
The Government hopes to start the next round of talks on the upgrade of the China Free Trade Agreement in the next few weeks.
New Zealand signs side letters with five CPTPP members to exclude compulsory investor state dispute settlement
14-May-2018 Mondaq
New Zealand has recently signed "side letters" to exclude compulsory Investor State Dispute Settlement with five members of the CPTPP – Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Peru, Viet Nam and Australia.
EU/New Zealand free trade agreement must meet meat sector concerns, say experts
9-May-2018 Global Meat News
With a new European Union EU/New Zealand customs agreement coming into force, EU farm body Copa-Cogeca has warned that anticipated follow-up trade talks should not boost NZ access to EU meat markets.
Pacific economic ministers cautioned on NZ’s PACER-Plus view
26-Apr-2018 Scoop
PACER-Plus will undermine the right of governments to regulate, and see the Pacific bear the burden of binding commitments in the areas of interest to Australia and New Zealand whilst getting little legal commitments in return.
New Zealand PM pushes for EU trade deal
17-Apr-2018 Yahoo
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushed for a "progressive" free-trade agreement with the European Union.
New Zealand: Agreements with five countries exclude compulsory investor-state dispute settlement processes
28-Mar-2018 Library of Congress
On March 9, 2018, the New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, David Parker, announced that the government has signed “side letters” with five other countries that are also party to the TPP11 that exclude compulsory investor-state dispute settlement.
Activists cement their feet in concrete to protest CPTPP signing
8-Mar-2018 Newshub
A last-ditch effort to stop the CPTPP has seen protesters cement themselves in concrete as well as dumping pillows and soft toys outside MP’s offices.
New Zealand explores free trade agreement with South America
8-Mar-2018 Xinhua
New Zealand is interested in strengthening economic ties with the Mercosur trading bloc, a South American regional economic organization, Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker said.
Delay in trade pact talks questions involvement
7-Mar-2018 The Fiji Times online
Negotiations to establish a massive Asian trade pact appear to be going backwards with some now questioning whether New Zealand should pull out.
NZ told PACER Plus deal could be destructive for the Pacific
6-Mar-2018 Radio NZ
An analyst says New Zealand’s planned trade deal with the Pacific Island nations could be extremely damaging to their economies.
Nationwide action against the TPPA
5-Mar-2018 Scoop
It’s Our Future is hosting events throughout New Zealand in opposition to the signing of the TPPA.
Anti-TPPA protesters lock themselves to railway track in Christchurch video
1-Mar-2018 Stuff
The threat of arrest has driven out six protesters who locked themselves to Christchurch train tracks to show their disapproval of the new TPP.
New Zealand risks ’strategic nincompoop’ status in the Pacific
1-Mar-2018 Stuff
New Zealand risks being seen as a “strategic nincompoop, at best” if it persists with attempts to bind Pacific Island countries into the New Zealand and Australian economies using mechanisms such as the PACER Plus.
US amenable to trade talks with Japan, 4 other TPP members: USTR
1-Mar-2018 Kyodo
In 2018, the Trump administration will continue efforts to build stronger, better and fairer trading relationships with Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand and Brunei.
India- NZ RECP may be option in face of FTA delays: India- NZ business council chair
1-Mar-2018 The Indian Weekender
With dairy being the stumbling block in getting a full free trade agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand across the line anytime soon, the in-negotiation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), maybe the way forward for India-NZ trade ties to grow.