19-Apr-2005
The free trade area (FTA) agreement, to be signed by New Zealand and Thailand soon, is likely to help make exports grow as targeted since various kinds of products will benefit from the deal, according to the KASIKORN Research Center.
19-Apr-2005
Thailand signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand yesterday.
19-Apr-2005
Prime Ministers Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and Helen Clark of New Zealand today announced the signing of a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Agreement between their two countries.
10-Apr-2005
Jakarta Post
Indonesia will propose special facilities for some of its leading industries in upcoming preliminary negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and New Zealand, a minister has said.
7-Apr-2005
Malaysia and New Zealand have rescheduled the signing of a free trade agreement to the end of the year, six months ahead of the June 2006 deadline announced on Thursday.
31-Mar-2005
The government wants to fast track a newly emerged free trade agreement proposal with Malaysia, getting it done within a year.
31-Mar-2005
Scoop
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Malaysia and New Zealand have agreed to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement as soon as possible.
12-Mar-2005
New Zealand’s free trade agreement with Thailand, which is due to come into effect on July 1, has no commitments to liberalize trade in services. It only requires the parties to begin negotiations within three years.
7-Mar-2005
Scoop
Many New Zealanders are very concerned about free trade with China for various reasons.
24-Feb-2005
ABS-CBN
Australia began talks on a free-trade pact with New Zealand and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday, but said it still backed multilateral efforts to cut trade barriers.
24-Feb-2005
NBR
The American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand said today it would take the case for opening free trade negotiations direct to Washington.
21-Feb-2005
Stuff
Why would a super-nation such as China single out New Zealand for trade talks when other countries are lining up?
21-Feb-2005
Despite concerns over piracy, New Zealand IT firms are licking their lips over free trade with China.
19-Feb-2005
New Zealand Trade Minister Jim Sutton yesterday welcomed a push by a group of United States politicians for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
8-Feb-2005
As tipped by Korea’s Yonhap News two weeks ago, the top group representing US manufacturers, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), has called for a free trade agreement with New Zealand.
1-Feb-2005
The Prime Minister says New Zealand is well down the track in negotiations with Chile and Singapore on a three-way free trade and investment agreement.
21-Dec-2004
ARENA
The New Zealand, Chile and Singapore governments are promoting a P-3
whose primary - and arguably only - beneficiaries are the transnational companies that
straddle two of the three countries, including opportunists who locate there to take advantage
of the deal. The greatest potential beneficiaries are the agribusiness interests of Fonterra and
Nestle as they promote their shared strategy to dominate Latin America’s dairy industry.
21-Dec-2004
Scoop
ARENA today stepped up its campaign against the proposed Chile/New Zealand free trade agreement, which forms part of the Pacific 3 (P-3) with Singapore, by launching a sign-on letter to the Prime Minister calling on her to end the negotiations.
21-Dec-2004
Scoop
The New Zealand government today published the text of the Closer Economic Partnership agreement between New Zealand and Thailand.
22-Nov-2004
MFAT
New Zealand government has released the report of a joint study on the to-be-negotiated NZ-China FTA.
