12-Mar-2006
Speech by Rt Honorable Helen Clark of the New Zealabd government
8-Mar-2006
A comprehensive and high-quality free trade deal with China will not be sacrificed for one that is "quick and dirty", Trade Minister Phil Goff says.
7-Mar-2006
New Zealand’s latest ambassador to Korea has arrived in Seoul with the clear and stated determination to see her predecessor’s efforts for a free trade agreement come to fruition. Also featuring high on Jane Coombs’ agenda is promoting a higher level of cooperation in the fields of science and technology.
28-Feb-2006
AP
New Zealand is planning to explore the possibility of forging a free trade agreement with South Korea, Minister of State Jim Sutton said Tuesday.
16-Feb-2006
A free trade agreement with Taiwan should be pursued as soon as a deal is done with China, United Future leader Peter Dunne said yesterday.
14-Feb-2006
Bernama
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) initiatives with Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand are expected to be completed this year, Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said Tuesday. She also said that FTA negotiations with the US and India would also begin this year, followed by the launch of a joint feasibility study for a possible FTA between Malaysia and Chile.
24-Jan-2006
New Zealand’s exclusion from a small list of countries the United States hopes to initiate free trade talks with this year is no surprise, the Government says.
16-Jan-2006
Business leaders have been invited to a top-level meeting which could help push New Zealand’s case for a free trade deal with the United States.
12-Jan-2006
Returning through Christchurch as part of a Congressional delegation visiting American operations in Antarctica, US Senator John McCain, a Republican representing Arizona and a leading conservative centrist, had positive things to say about the possibility of a free trade agreement between the US and New Zealand.
11-Jan-2006
A senior United States Senator, John McCain says New Zealand’s nuclear free policy should not affect the country’s chances of securing a free trade deal with the US.
8-Jan-2006
"When I started four years ago I had a full head of hair and no grey hair," New Zealand Ambassador David Taylor jokingly told the Korea Herald before leaving the harsh Korean winter for the green pastures of a Kiwi summer.
13-Dec-2005
Prime Minister Helen Clark says talks on a free-trade agreement with China are going pretty smoothly.
7-Dec-2005
Early results of the free trade agreements (FTAs) Thailand made with China, Australia, New Zealand and India are quite worrying for the country.
20-Nov-2005
Free trade talks with China are "going very well" but will run on into next year, Prime Minister Helen Clark said after meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Apec summit in Busan, South Korea, at the weekend.
3-Nov-2005
Yonhap
New Zealand will pursue talks for free trade and a deal for joint film production with South Korea when their government officials meet during the APEC forum in Busan next month.
25-Oct-2005
Scoop
Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce President Simon Arnold and his counterpart from the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry last week signed an agreement committing both Chambers to promote to their respective Governments the advantages of an FTA between Korea and New Zealand.
25-Oct-2005
stuff
A US-New Zealand FTA remains the ultimate prize.
25-Oct-2005
One of the main consequences of globalization has been the expansion of international trade. Bringing down trade barriers and witnessing the alleged ongoing deregulation of the global market seems to be a picture that many find quite alluring.
23-Oct-2005
The Age
Australia and New Zealand want a comprehensive free trade agreement with ASEAN, but some ASEAN nations have no competition policy, and reject any negotiations on intellectual property and government procurement.
20-Oct-2005
stuff
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says he will continue to oppose a free trade agreement with China, although it is government policy to negotiate one.